I-UFC yongeze iKlasi yoMzimba eNtsha yabasetyhini. Nantsi Kutheni kubalulekile

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Kwangoko kulenyanga, uNicco Montano woyisa uRoxanne Modafferi kumdlalo weTV we-UFC, Umlo wokugqibela. Kunye nokufumana ikhontrakthi yamanani amathandathu kunye nombutho, i-28-yeminyaka ubudala nayo yathatha isihloko sokuqala somfazi owahlulahlulwayo. Olu lwahlulo olutsha lobunzima lumiselwe ukuvula iingcango ezininzi zabasetyhini kwi-MMA abaye baphoqeleka ukuba banciphise kakhulu ubunzima ukuze balwe kwisahlulo esibanika inzuzo engcono kakhulu.

Kude kube kutshanje, i-UFC ivumela kuphela abantu basetyhini ukuba balwe kumanqanaba amane obunzima ohlukeneyo, xa kuthelekiswa nesibhozo samadoda. Eyokuqala sistrawweight apho abalwi kufuneka babe 115 pounds ngexesha lokulinganisa. Oku kulandelwa yi-bantamweight, egxuma ukuya kwi-135 yeepawundi, emva koko yinyosi enobunzima obuyi-145 yeepawundi. Ngenxa yokutsiba okukhulu kweepawundi ezingama-20 phakathi kweeklasi zestrawweight kunye ne-bantamweight, uninzi lwabasetyhini kwi-UFC bebekhwaza ukongeza elinye icandelo phakathi.

"Ukutsiba phakathi kwe-115 kunye ne-135 yeepawundi kukhulu, ngakumbi ukuba uwela kwi-125 ngokwendalo, uninzi lwabasetyhini kwi-UFC," utshilo uMontano. Ubume. Yiyo loo nto ingekho ngokwenene indlela 'esempilweni' yokwenza i-strawweight okanye i-bantamweight, kodwa abafazi basayenza ngenxa yothando lwabo lomdlalo nangenxa yokuba bafuna ukulwa."

"Abasetyhini abakaze ngokwendalo bahlukane kubini okanye kubunzima obunye, ke iminyaka bezama ukuyenza kulo mdlalo ngokuthatha amanyathelo," utshilo uModafferi Ubume. "Iiklasi ezinobunzima obongezayo, ngakumbi unako ukuphelisa ukusika ubunzima obungenampilo kunye nokumangalisa inzuzo kunye nokungonakali, kwaye ekugqibeleni, oko kufuneka kube yinjongo." (Musa ukushiya konke ukulwa kula manenekazi-nantsi isizathu sokuba ufanele uzame i-MMA ngokwakho.)

Abafazi abaninzi balwa kwi-UFC kunanini na ngaphambili, ke kusengqiqweni ukwazisa ulwahlulo lobunzima obutsha ukubavumela ukuba bakhuphisane kumanqanaba amaninzi. "Nanini na xa usongeza ulwahlulo lobunzima obutsha, wonke umntu uzama ukunciphisa, yinxalenye yezemidlalo. Abalwi bahlala besenza njalo ukuqinisekisa ukuba banethuba," utshilo uDana White, umseki kunye noMongameli we-UFC. Ubume. "Kodwa ngokucacileyo umdlalo ukhulele kwabasetyhini kwaye baninzi abalweli abanetalente abaye bakhwaza icandelo le-125-pound, ndiye ndacinga ukuba lixesha."

Ekugqibeleni, uninzi lwabalwi baya kuqhubeka behlisa ubunzima ukuba lubabeka kwindawo engcono yokuphumelela. Thatha uSijara Eubanks. Umntu oneminyaka engama-32 ubudala wayezimisele ukuthatha iMontano endaweni kaModafferi kwisiqendu sokugqibela Umlo wokugqibela kodwa wakhutshwa emlo ngomzuzu wokugqibela. Unobangela wokususwa kwakhe ngesiquphe kukuzama ukuphungula umzimba okwabangela ukuba ahlaselwe zizintso aze alaliswe esibhedlele. Ngaphandle kwempilo eyoyikisayo, u-Eubanks, ngokwendalo ojikeleze i-140 leepawundi, usenazo izicwangciso zokuqhubeka nokukhuphisana kwicandelo leepawundi ezili-125 kuba ukholelwa ukuba lelona thuba analo.

Ngelixa ii-Eubanks zinokuphulukana neepawundi ezintlanu kwaye zilwe kwi-bantamweight (135) okanye zifumane iikhilogram ezintlanu kwaye zikhuphisane njenge-featherweight (145), ukhetha ukulwa kwibala le-flyweight (125). "Ndineengcali ezininzi kwikona yam ezijonga isiqu sam kunye nomzimba wam kwaye zithi," Ewe, unaso isakhelo sokuhamba kwizantsi ezingama-40 ngendlela esempilweni kwaye ungasika u-125 usempilweni. indlela, '"u-Eubanks kutsha nje utshilo kuhlobo lwamva nje Ixesha le-MMA. "Ke ukuba umzimba wam unokuhamba emzimbeni kwi-flyweight ngaphandle kokwenza umonakalo kwimpilo yam, nam ke ndiyimpukane."

Ekupheleni kosuku, ukunciphisa ubunzima yinxalenye enkulu ye-MMA yamadoda nabasetyhini. Kwaye ngelixa bebeka ingozi enkulu yempilo kungakhathaliseki ukuba (uJoanna Jędrzejczyk unokuthetha naloo nto) ukuvala i-gap ye-10-pound ubunzima yinto elula kakhulu (kunye nempilo) kunokuzama ukunxiba okanye ukukhupha iipounds ezingama-20.

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