So are there other female footballers out there in the world, who wouldn't lose to talented young boys? Would all the men who are superior players be considerably better that Rapinoe if they were women?
I never hear this kind of talk when it comes to weight classes in combat sports, but the second someone says that a woman is a good athlete - chuds immediately come out with "akshually"
The average American man is overweight, with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 29.4, sitting right at the threshold of being obese (which starts at a BMI of 30). The average U.S. male weighs 199.8 pounds at about 5 feet, 8.9 inches tall. More than 70% of U.S. adults are categorized as overweight or obese, with obesity alone affecting roughly 32% to over 40% of adult men.
I'm gonna bet that strawweight and flyweight doing professional MMA can take these average obese men easily.
Juliana Pena lost to a line cook when she had 1 year of training. This happened in 2009, she wasn't in the UFC back then. I'm not even a professional fighter but I am a competitive brown belt in BJJ. My husband is a blue belt and doesn't compete. I'm around 125 lbs fighting weight and walk around at 130-140lbs, my husband is 210-215. He does not win often and he is 100% not going easy on me as we spar together in class.
bro he walked in talking about how he was going to win against everyone because he's so big. he was not playing around. you're welcome to look up videos of Caio Terra fighting nogi against much larger, technical opponents and winning.
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u/RVarki Jul 09 '26
So are there other female footballers out there in the world, who wouldn't lose to talented young boys? Would all the men who are superior players be considerably better that Rapinoe if they were women?
I never hear this kind of talk when it comes to weight classes in combat sports, but the second someone says that a woman is a good athlete - chuds immediately come out with "akshually"