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Written by Robert Johnson
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Saturday, 11 August 2007
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 Anyone who says women do not belong in mixed martial arts needs a labotomy. Follow the sport closely and you will see female fighters are often more entertaining than their chromosomal counterparts.
"With the women, it's less about ego and more about fighting," says Bodog Fight commentator Jeff Osborne. "They have fewer opportunitites to showcase their skills, so when they get the chance they tend to lay it all on the line."
As the founder of North America's first all-female MMA promotion 'HOOKnSHOOT', Osborne has seen more women's fights than possibly anyone else on the planet. One of the best, he says, was the recent battle between Carina Damm and Molly Helsel.
"I was ringside for that fight," which viewers can see on a special episode of Bodog Fight: Paradise Lost this Tuesday, August 14th at 11 p.m. / 10 p.m. Central on ION television and in Canada on The Fight Network.
"The crowd was made up of other fighters and those two women had them all on their feet. It's not easy to impress a crowd of your peers, but they put on a hell of a show. It was the best fight - male or female - that I had seen in months."
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