MMA women in Asia breaking down barriers.

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MMA women in Asia breaking down barriers.

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Local MMA hope fighting customs
Wed, 25 January 2017

Over the past nine years, women’s mixed martial arts (MMA) has risen from relative obscurity to the current heights many could not fathom in such a short space of time.
The once male-dominated sport has been infiltrated by women equipped with equal prowess to engage in high-testosterone action, at times even with more gusto than their male counterparts, and women are finally gracing the biggest stages of the MMA world.
While the unenthusiastic reception of women’s participation in combat sports has totally diminished in the western half of the globe, as witnessed by the megastardom of Ronda Rousey in UFC, the eastern hemisphere has not wholly embraced it.

Religious conservatism and cultural practices help hinder the full acceptance of women’s MMA in Asia, but ONE women’s champion Angela Lee is leading the way in breaking social and gender barriers...
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[Cambodian woman MMA fighter] Vy Srey Khouch believes that women have an important role to play in growing the sport of MMA in Asia: “Men and women should be looked at as on an equal platform in MMA. If men can do wonders, women can do the same.
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Srey Khouch will have the chance to further cement her billing as one of the up-and-coming women’s MMA competitors in Asia on February 10 as the huge task of handling Malaysian MMA superstar Ann Osman awaits her.
Both women are set to square off against each other on the main card of ONE: Throne of Tigers, which takes place at the 12,000-capacity Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Srey Khouch believes that her three-round cage encounter with Osman will be beneficial in making women’s MMA acceptable in Asia...
ImageAnn "Athena" Osman. FB page.
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"Men and women should be looked at as on an equal platform in MMA. If men can do wonders, women can do the same."

The beginning of the end. Next stage is burning the bras. Hair under the arms. etc.

There are at least a couple of posters here that have stated that they prefer Khmer (or Asian) women because they are still feminine, unlike western women.
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"There are at least a couple of posters here that have stated that they prefer Khmer (or Asian) women because they are still feminine, unlike western women."

I was one pf those voices. To me to be feminine means to enjoy being a woman; it doesn't mean weak or meek. Mostly I enjoy people who are living their life to the fullest. Those fearful stereotypes you listed are a potential barrier to self fulfilment. And a bit disappointedly old fashioned. So if you want a world full of Barbie Dolls keep them in the kitchen and don't let them vote.
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There's nothing so feminine as a local woman who has been riled.
Said nobody ever.
Enough of the tired clichés.
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"There's nothing so feminine as a local woman who has been riled.
Said nobody ever.
Enough of the tired clichés."

A generalization is exactly that; it doesn't cover all situations. Maybe it is a cliche for you, but for me the daily discovery of charming Khmer women is refreshing compared to the dreary companionship of Western women and men I meet here. To each his own god. Oh shit that's a cliche too. But if it fits wear it.
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MMA’s Em aiming to get back to her roots after joining ONE
13 October 2017
Up-and-coming Cambodian-American mixed martial artist Savannah Em has revealed her desire to return to her roots after joining Asian MMA organisation ONE Championship.
“I very much hope to have a chance to compete in the country of my parents and all my relatives,” Em said from her native Long Beach, California. “I’m sure it would also please my kun Khmer teacher, who was a champion before Cambodia entered a dark period of political turmoil.”
Having grown up entirely in the United States, Em says she is eager to visit the birthplace of her parents in any upcoming events.
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Particularly strong in stand-up fighting and noted for fluid grappling techniques and an aggressive striking style, the 25-year-old is considered a promising addition to the promotion, with her previous wins in California’s Gladiator Challenge coming by way of knockout within the first round...
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Sreykouch faces hardships in, out of ring
28 November 2017
Cambodian mixed martial artist Vy Sreykouch decided to tell the public about the difficulties she faced before losing to the veteran hometown favourite May Ooi in the woman’s strawweight meeting at ONE: Immortal Pursuit in Singapore over the weekend, while another Kingdom fighter, Sim Bunsrun, was also eliminated in the first round.

Sreykouch told The Post: “I am really disappointed. I have my commitment for the fight and told myself I have to win for my family and my country, but it was finished unexpectedly after I was trapped into my opponent’s grappling and lost very fast.”

For the fight night held at Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday, Vy Sreykouch was not given a chance to land a punch on her opponent Ooi, who was quick to wrestle the Cambodian fighter to the ground and tried to choke her in order to tap for submission in the first round.
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After the fight Sreykouch admitted, “I am not good at ground work, and I rely on my punches. But I had no chance to use them. I tried my best to escape the grappling, but after trying very hard, I was trapped into her technique of ground work before I was forced to tap with choking.”

Before the disappointing loss, however, Srykouch had to overcome difficulties with her diet, cutting down for the strawweight weigh-in one day before the fight.
The 23 year-old fighter claims she “was not eating for four to five days before the fight, and I was unconscious one day before the fight. But I did not tell this things to organisers because I really wanted to fight, and if I did not fight, I would not get money for my family.”

After the loss, the Cambodian fighter committed to train harder, particularly on ground work in order to get another chance to fight for ONE Championship in the future...
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‘Little Frog’ makes leap from fighting octagon to big screen
14 December 2017

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- Oum Sam Tharoth remembers that during her first martial arts fight in 2014 she could see her parents crying from across the octagon as she took blow after blow from her opponent. She won, but nonetheless afterwards they insisted that she give up her dream.

Tharoth had begun studying Bokator, a traditional Khmer fighting style, six years before when she was 18, under the prominent master San Kim Sean. She was too old to start practising, the people around her said, while her father Oum Dara, a well-known violinist and songwriter, disapproved of his daughter’s new path, hoping that she would follow in his footsteps.

A self-described rebel since she was a young girl raised in the “Site Two” refugee camp on the border with Thailand, Tharoth was unwavering in her path. “To become a famous combat athlete has been my dream since I was a child,” she said this week. “In all my life, all I wanted is to become a great fighter and win as many matches as possible.”

That dream evolved, however, when an unexpected opportunity presented itself to the 27-year-old fighter.

In 2016, when Loy Te, the French-Cambodian film producer for Kongchak Pictures, was getting ready to make Jailbreak, a genre-busting Cambodian action film, he agreed with director Jimmy Henderson and the rest of the crew that they needed a female character as one of the heroes. Te was impressed by her fighting skills, and soon he decided to ask her to join the cast.

In Jailbreak, Tharoth played one of three cops escorting a mobster known as Playboy out of prison after a riot breaks out. Although Tharoth is still at the start of her acting career, her appearance in the film has already brought popularity...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-life- ... big-screen
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"a mobster known as Playboy"

Could it really be?
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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2017 8:20 am ‘Little Frog’ makes leap from fighting octagon to big screen
14 December 2017

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- Oum Sam Tharoth remembers that during her first martial arts fight in 2014 she could see her parents crying from across the octagon as she took blow after blow from her opponent. She won, but nonetheless afterwards they insisted that she give up her dream.

Tharoth had begun studying Bokator, a traditional Khmer fighting style, six years before when she was 18, under the prominent master San Kim Sean. She was too old to start practising, the people around her said, while her father Oum Dara, a well-known violinist and songwriter, disapproved of his daughter’s new path, hoping that she would follow in his footsteps.

A self-described rebel since she was a young girl raised in the “Site Two” refugee camp on the border with Thailand, Tharoth was unwavering in her path. “To become a famous combat athlete has been my dream since I was a child,” she said this week. “In all my life, all I wanted is to become a great fighter and win as many matches as possible.”

That dream evolved, however, when an unexpected opportunity presented itself to the 27-year-old fighter.

In 2016, when Loy Te, the French-Cambodian film producer for Kongchak Pictures, was getting ready to make Jailbreak, a genre-busting Cambodian action film, he agreed with director Jimmy Henderson and the rest of the crew that they needed a female character as one of the heroes. Te was impressed by her fighting skills, and soon he decided to ask her to join the cast.

In Jailbreak, Tharoth played one of three cops escorting a mobster known as Playboy out of prison after a riot breaks out. Although Tharoth is still at the start of her acting career, her appearance in the film has already brought popularity...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-life- ... big-screen
Tharoth is a lovely down to earth girl in person too :thumb:
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