# Am I the only one who finds the battered, bloody faces of female ring fighters disturbing?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 26, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-finds-the-battered-bloody-faces-of-female-ring-fighters-disturbing/738657 "2015-11-26T17:38:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-finds-the-battered-bloody-faces-of-female-ring-fighters-disturbing/738657/17 "2015-11-26T21:07:00Z")

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I don’t like fighting sports in general. But I have a similar experience with other sports. If I’m watching women’s soccer or basketball, I really don’t like it when players get hurt. With men’s sports, it doesn’t bother me nearly as much.

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