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Call it this generation’s Billie Jean King vs Bobby Riggs “Battle of the Sexes” match, or call it a publicity stunt, but tomorrow two brazilian mixed martial arts fighters might make history by taking part in the very first male vs. female MMA professional fight.

According to the website the Bleacher Report, boxing promoting company Shooto Brazil has added Emerson Falcao, a bantamweight fighter with a professional record of 0-1, versus Juliana Velasquez, a lady fighter, whose record is 0-0 and will be making her professional debut, to its Friday night fight card in Rio de Janeiro. If the fight happens, it would be the first time any MMA confederation has sanctioned a mixed gender match – of course, the key word is if.

Outside of promotional flyers, distributed through Shooto Brazil’s Facebook and Twitter pages, few other details about the announced matchup have been revealed, including if the fight will even be allowed to happen. And the website, MMA Fighting, is reporting that the Brazilian Mixed Martial Arts Confederation, which Shooto Brazil is a member of, is not even sure if they will allow the mixed gender fight to happen. Likewise, there are questions about Falcao’s physical ability to fight, especially in lieu of a message on the man’s personal Facebook page saying that he was injured and wouldn’t be able to fight until next year. This has sparked all sorts of speculation on various sports blogs and other online forums about if this match is just a clever ploy to fill ringside seats.

Nevertheless, MMA Fighting has confirmed with Velasquez that the fight card is real and that she is up for the challenge. Velasquez tells the website the following:

“Andre Pederneiras came up with the idea… He asked Team Nogueira for a female fighter and my team believes I’m ready, so I accepted the challenge. My expectations are the best. I’m well trained to get there and win. I’m used to training with man every day. I’m a professional judoka and I know the adrenaline of the competition, I know how to handle this.”

While Velasquez might be the first MMA woman fighter to cross gender lines, she will not be the first woman to fight in a mixed boxing match. That honor goes to Margaret McGregor, who on October 9, 1999 defeated Loi Chow in a four-round junior lightweight professional boxing match held in Seattle, Wa. Of course, that bout was not without controversy, particularly controversial claims that McGregor, who was 3-0 against all female competitors, had a easy competitive advantage over Chow, who not only had not professionally won a fight, but hadn’t fought in three years prior to their matchup.

Velasquez may believe she is up for the challenge (and judging by his record as well as reports of injury, I’m guessing she stands a solid chance), but there is also that regressive part of me that doesn’t want her to get hurt. Because you know, we all believe that men are naturally physically stronger than women. Even science tells us that men have a competitive advantage thanks to more upper-body strength and testosterone levels. She might be setting herself up for a serious beating, and not just an Adrien Broner butt-whooping, but a MMA whooping where fighters are allowed to kick (hard) and punch everything.

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But testosterone and upper body muscle mass is not everything. In boxing as well as mixed martial arts, technique is just as important as how hard someone can hit or kick. And there is no reason to believe that a woman is incapable of learning the same, if not better, hitting and kicking technical skills and abilities as her male counterparts. With that said, I’m not exactly sure of the gain in this MMA fight, outside of some cheap controversy/advertising. Mixed gender matches are rarely performed outside of novelty, so the promise of longevity for either boxer’s career after the fact is not guaranteed. Not to mention, I’m not at all naïve to believe that a man would be incapable of hitting a woman, especially with all of his might. The global domestic violence statistics confirm that. I get that the cheeky fun is that we, for once, get to watch a woman, by way of professionally trained mixed martial arts, hit back. But what if she is not winning? The question then becomes, who is going to want to watch, and cheer on, a man beating up on a woman?

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If you are on the UG, you probably remember that crazy female vs. male no-rules fight on YouTube. You may recall too that it was part of the crazy Rio Heroes events that were eventually shut down by the authorities. It was a return to the craziest days of the sport, with stomps, headbutts, no gloves, and this once, a woman fighting a man. You may even know that that woman was Invicta bantamweight Ediane Gomes, 36.

What you don’t know is the full story, as until now, it hasn’t been told. Thanks once again to Ben Fowlkes and MMAJunkie!

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Earlier in her life, Gomes was a drug addict living on the streets of Rio. Her life changed when she met Jorge “Macaco” Patino, himself a veteran of some of the craziest vale-tudo fights ever. At the time of the video, Gomes was trying to break into the MMA business, and the $250 to show and $250 more to win offered by Rio Heroes owner Jorge Pereira was a massive incentive.

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Her opponent was a Muay Thai instructor, who, luckily for her, had virtually no ground skills.

“I was out of control,” said Gomes in her native Portuguese. “All I (could) think about was getting high, and getting into trouble out in the streets.”

“I was passed around as a child. Some took care of me, others didn’t, and others left me in the streets.”

“‘Macaco’ saw my potential. He was one of many people who helped me so I could get away from drugs. I wouldn’t have made it without their help.”

“For me, fighting was survival. I came from the streets. I grew up fighting in the streets to survive. Imagine being paid for a change.”

“When I was first told about it, it was my understanding that it wouldn’t be a real fight. I thought we’d be pretending to fight for a movie. I didn’t know that much about fighting. When I arrived, I found out this was for real. I wasn’t sure I should be doing it. Then I found out I could get 250 American dollars to fight and $250 more if I won. That’s a lot of money in Brazil. A lot of MMA events in Brazil just pay a fraction of that. I figured I’d make some money even if I lost.”

“In reality, at the start of the fight, he was just playing. He was going easy at first, to see what I had to offer. After I punched in, he kicked me hard on the thigh. My leg wobbled. Then I realized that he was trying to knock me out. I decided I needed to survive this. This was no game.”

“Some people thought that was fake. There’s nothing fake about that guy picking me up and tossing me back down, hard. I landed on my spine. I could have broken my back. I thought he was crazy.”

“I wasn’t sure I could punch him effectively since my hands were so small by comparison, so I decided to headbutt him. I knew I could hit him harder with my head and open him up. He started panicking since he had no jiu-jitsu. That’s when I was able to isolate an arm.”

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“I had managed to get clean off drugs, fight a man, and win. I had dreams of fighting jiu-jitsu on the world stage. It was also great to get the $250 to show and $250 to win. A lot of the Brazilian media made it seem like we were being exploited, but a lot of other competitions would literally pay nothing, by comparison. Maybe what I did wasn’t right, but at least we got paid.”

Gomes has come now as far as has anyone in mixed martial arts. And she has a lot of fans.

“After I lost (to Tonya Evinger at Invicta FC 8) I could hear a man’s voice in the crowd telling me I’m a good person,” said Gomes. “Often when I meet fans, they hug me. I’ve been told that even if we don’t speak the same language, they can tell I’m a good person. I’m treated very well in the United States. There’s no money in the world that can measure up to that.”

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