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The female presence in fighting sports has existed for a long time and has a long history. Female fighters compete in different types of martial arts with specific rules and game setups. The sport is executed through several different tournaments and championships, where age, weight, and score level play a huge role.
Women have participated in boxing for almost as long as the sport has existed. However, the fights have been effectively outlawed for most of the sport's history. This is for example by athletic commissioners refusing to give out licenses for female boxers and with many nations banning the sport completely. Women have quite literally fought back and there are reports of women entering the boxing ring back in the 18th century.
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In 2009, the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board announced that women’s boxing would be played amongst the other sports and was for the very first time a part of the Olympic Games in 2012 that were held in London. This became the place and time where the first 12 female Olympic medalist boxers would be crowned.
Women’s boxing is just as popular to bet on as fighting, boxing, and martial arts in general. The fights can be as thrilling and exciting as playing casino games, you never know who will win the fight of the day. With the right strategy, you might have a chance to win too, if you bet money on a match, which can make it even more exciting. Betting’s like gambling, and there are many online entertainment platforms where you’ll have the opportunity to test your luck. Just remember to use a guide, which can help you form an overview of legitimate sportsbooks, casinos, and so on. This will give you an edge when it comes to placing your money on the right bet.
Women’s Mixed Martial Arts
Mixed Martial Arts is often shortened to MMA. It is primarily a male-dominated sport, but still has a lot of great female athletes competing. Popular female fighters such as Amanda Nunes, Megumi Fujii, Gina Carano, Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm, are some of the MMA athletes that have contributed to bringing awareness to women in mixed martial arts. Carano is for many hardcore fans the original face of a woman’s MMA. She appeared on several EliteXC events and MGM Television’s 2008 revival of American Gladiator.
Female competitors in MMA have been documented in Japan since the ’90s. The sport was then influenced by wrestling and kickboxing. Smackgirl is a competition that was formed in 2001 and was then the only major promotion in mixed martial arts with only female competitors.
Women’s Muay Thai
Muay Thai is often called Thai Boxing. It is the national sport in Thailand and is played by both men and women. It is known for being a difficult and highly fight-oriented sport, where there are eight points of body contact involved. It is linked to superstition and magic beliefs. Among these beliefs is that one where the head is the most sacred place on the body. Therefore, men can enter the ring by climbing over the top rope.
Women, however, must bend down and climb in on all four under the lowest rope because menstruation is viewed as something that can ruin the sacredness of the head. Some women are even excluded from the ring, simply because of their gender. In later times, female competitors often choose to not enter the ring this way and protest by walking over it.
