"How dare they mispresent and shame our superior male gender!"

Dan: I dont think its a gender issue.
I think its a physics/biology issue.
As stated above its scientifically proven that guys have more fast-twitch muscles and more genetically suited to combat. That is why men used to go out hunting, and women were the gatherers.

With the developments in socio-economics, and women being on a level playing field, this is almost the final frontier of developments with women beating men at combat arts. Sure there will be plenty of women out there that can whoop some blokes arses (believe me, I have been on the end of some of Lisa Houghtons shots), but on a level playing field, I dont think its disrespectful to say that a bloke would beat a woman.

Its like saying that a BMW M3 would beat a Honda Civic in a race. Both are cars, both have powerful engines, just that the BMW is more suited and designed for racing rather than the Honda Civic. Sure a Honda Civic can be tuned to beat a standard M3, but if both have had the same degree of tuning and investment the BMW is just engineered more for purpose.

At the end of the day, as stated on the other thread, it comes down to safety and promotion of the sport. And if a guy, seriously injured a girl, or even killed her, just imagine the impact this would have throughout all combat sports.
I think its irresponsible for mixed gender matches to be promoted.

JMHO