The UFC’s Biggest Cards Nearly Always Include Women. Except at Freedom 250.

Source: Mother Jones · Bias: Left

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When Americans tune into UFC Freedom 250, the series of mixed martial arts fights taking over the White House on President Trump’s 80th birthday this Sunday, one key element of the sport will be missing: female fighters. To the unfamiliar, that might seem unsurprising given the hypermasculine stereotypes that surround MMA. But as Kyle Green, […]

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The UFC’s Biggest Cards Nearly Always Include Women. Except at Freedom 250.
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The UFC’s Biggest Cards Nearly Always Include Women. Except at Freedom 250.

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When Americans tune into UFC Freedom 250, the series of mixed martial arts fights taking over the White House on President Trump’s 80th birthday this Sunday, one key element of the sport will be missing: female fighters. To the unfamiliar, that might seem unsurprising given the hypermasculine stereotypes that surround MMA. But as Kyle Green, […]