Woman vs Man Muay Thai Fight - Buakaw vs Bpoodam Thailand

[Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu]

These fights happen more than is acknowledged, but video of them is rare. So Kevin and I put up this one with Buakaw, one of the best female fighters in Thailand, who has run out of opponents and probably wasn't training very much at this time. But that's also super common.

[Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu]

This is a very interesting fight to me. Not so much that it's a pinnacle fight, but rather that it shows that a man vs woman fight between decently skilled and experienced fighters is really not a big deal at all. All the fantasies about "bone density" and such melt away. He had a couple of pounds on her, pushed a big early lead by cut, and managed the fight to the end. But, if she had her cardio going I think the fight might have gotten pretty close. There is definitely no "these two should not fight" feeling here. It's a scrap in the usual Thai style between moderately in shape, experienced fighters. In these conditions women should not fight men is not much different than the "women should fight 2 minute rounds, not 3 minute rounds". I think if it was something that women aimed for and trained for it would probably be much better for female Muay Thai, to be honest.

 

[Bad Seed]

Cool fight. I remember when the MMA fighter Cris Santos was smashing girls forever and there were rumors of her outperforming men in the gyms me and a lot of other fans wanted to see her fight a dude. I know a lot of fight fans will say woman x stands no chance but put on the fight and they will buy a ticket.