I-UFC Yengeze Isigaba Esisha Sesisindo Sabesifazane. Nakhu Okubalulekile

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Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, u-Nicco Montano wehlule u-Roxanne Modafferi ohlelweni lwe-TV lwe-UFC, I-Ultimate Fighter. Ngokuhambisana nokuthola inkontileka yabantu abayisithupha nale nhlangano, lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-28 ubuye wathatha isicoco sokuqala sabesifazane se-flyweight. Lokhu kuhlukaniswa kwesisindo okusha kuhloswe ukuvula iminyango eminingi yabesifazane abakuma-MMA abaphoqeleke ukuba banciphise isisindo ukuze balwe esigabeni esibanika inzuzo engcono kakhulu.

Kuze kube muva nje, i-UFC ivumele kuphela abesifazane ukuthi balwe ngezigaba ezine ezihlukene, uma kuqhathaniswa nezisishiyagalombili zabesilisa. Owokuqala ngusisindo lapho abalwa khona kumele babe ngamakhilogremu ayi-115 ngesikhathi sesisindo. Lokho kulandelwa yi-bantamweight, egxuma ifinyelele kumakhilogremu angama-135, bese kuba yisiba esisindayo ngamakhilogremu ayi-145. Ngenxa yokweqa okukhulu kwamakhilogremu angu-20 phakathi kwekilasi le-strawweight ne-bantamweight, abesifazane abambalwa ku-UFC bebelokhu bekhala ngokungeza esinye isigaba phakathi.

"Ukweqa phakathi kuka-115 no-135 pounds kukhulu, ikakhulukazi uma uwela ku-125, okuyinto eyenziwa ngabesifazane abaningi ku-UFC," kusho u-Montano. Umumo. "Yingakho ingekho ngempela indlela 'enempilo' yokwenza i-strawweight noma i-bantamweight, kodwa abesifazane basakwenza ngenxa yothando lwabo lomdlalo nangenxa yokuthi bafuna ukulwa."

"Abesifazane abakaze bahlangane ngokwemvelo ngokwehlukana kabili noma okukodwa kwesisindo, ngakho-ke sekuyiminyaka bezama ukuphumelela kulo mdlalo ngokusebenzisa izindlela zokuphelelwa yithemba," kusho uModafferi Umumo. "Uma ungeza amakilasi esisindo esiningi, yilapho usukwazi khona ukuqeda ukusika isisindo okungenampilo kanye nezinzuzo ezimangazayo kanye nokubi, futhi ekugcineni, lokho kufanele kube umgomo." (Ungashiyi konke ukulwa kulaba besifazane-nansi kungani kufanele uzame i-MMA ngokwakho.)

Abesifazane abaningi balwa e-UFC kunanini ngaphambili, ngakho-ke kwaba nengqondo ukwethula ukuhlukaniswa kwesisindo esisha okubavumela ukuba bancintisane emazingeni amaningi. "Noma nini lapho ufaka ukuhlukaniswa kwesisindo esisha, wonke umuntu uzama ukunciphisa, kuyingxenye yezemidlalo. Abalwa njalo bazokwenza lokho ukuqinisekisa ukuthi banethuba," kusho uDana White, umsunguli noMongameli we-UFC. Umumo. "Kodwa kusobala ukuthi lo mdlalo usukhulile kubantu besifazane futhi baningi abantu abalwa nabanobuchule abebekhala ngokuhlukaniswa kwamakhilogremu ayi-125, ngakho-ke ngithole ukuthi sekuyisikhathi."

Ekugcineni, iningi labalweli lizoqhubeka ukunciphisa isisindo uma libabeka ethubeni elingcono lokuwina. Thatha uSijara Eubanks. Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-32 ubudala ubezobhekana neMontano esikhundleni sikaModafferi esiqeshini sokugcina se. I-Ultimate Fighter kodwa wakhishwa empini ngomzuzu wokugcina. Isizathu sokukhishwa kwakhe isigubhukane kwaba wukuzama ukusika umzimba okwamenza wahlaselwa yizinso waze wamlalisa esibhedlela. Ngaphandle kokwesaba kwezempilo, u-Eubanks, ngokwemvelo onamakhilogremu angu-140, usahlela ukuqhubeka nokuncintisana esigabeni samakhilogremu ayi-125 ngoba ukholwa ukuthi kulapho anenzuzo enkulu khona.

Ngenkathi u-Eubanks engalahlekelwa amakhilogremu amahlanu futhi alwe kwi-bantamweight (135) noma athole amakhilogremu amahlanu futhi ancintisane njenge-featherweight (145), yena ukhetha ukulwa esigabeni se-flyweight (125). "Nginochwepheshe abaningi ekhoneni lami ababuka isimo sami nomzimba wami bese bethi, 'Yebo, unalo uhlaka lokuhamba ngama-'40s aphansi ngendlela enempilo futhi ungafinyelela ku-125 ngendlela enempilo. way, '"u-Eubanks usanda kusho kuhlelo lwakamuva lwe- Ihora le-MMA. "Ngakho-ke uma umzimba wami ukwazi ukuhamba emzimbeni we-flyweight ngaphandle kokulimaza impilo yami, khona-ke ngiyisidudla."

Ekupheleni kosuku, ukuncishiswa kwesisindo kuyingxenye enkulu ye-MMA kubo bobabili abesilisa nabesifazane. Futhi nakuba bebeka izingozi ezingathi sína zezempilo kungakhathaliseki ukuthi (u-Joanna Jędrzejczyk angakhuluma nalokho) ukuvala igebe lesisindo esingamakhilogremu angu-10 kulula kakhulu (futhi kunempilo) kunokuzama ukugqoka noma ukukhumula amaphawundi angu-20.

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