Shelby grappling boys again!!!

[Eddie Bravo]

[Griffin Lambert]

Nice Guillotine!

[Spínola]

Great job, congrats!

I don't want to take anything away from Shelby performance but when i see these mixed matches i wonder if both competitors are on a level playing field, and by that i mean if you were in the position of the guy would you go full blast against a girl in a competition the same way you would against a guy?

If there aren't enough women to make a division i rather they compete in the men's division then not at all. I think competition plays a big part in your evolution and everyone should be able to do it.

Do you have any experience or an opinion on the matter?

Again no disrespect towards Shelby or any other female competitor. I love watching women's fights whether they are jiu jitsu or mma.

[Taylor Culbertson]

Worst than being molested by your mother.

[Jack LaBarge]

Great job Shelby! That second boy had ZERO wrestling!

[Shellby Connelly]

Great job Shelby! That second boy had ZERO wrestling!

thanks!! i have zero wrestling as well! ahah
i was not feeling good, this tournament a little under the weather! and i randomly just lost weight, by doing nothing! and i felt like i could almost throw up someone!

[AJ Camacho]

Worst than being molested by your mother.

I think losing to you would be far worse you goofy poseur.

[JonScottND]

Great job, congrats!

I don't want to take anything away from Shelby performance but when i see these mixed matches i wonder if both competitors are on a level playing field, and by that i mean if you were in the position of the guy would you go full blast against a girl in a competition the same way you would against a guy?

If there aren't enough women to make a division i rather they compete in the men's division then not at all. I think competition plays a big part in your evolution and everyone should be able to do it.

Do you have any experience or an opinion on the matter?

Again no disrespect towards Shelby or any other female competitor. I love watching women's fights whether they are jiu jitsu or mma.

Having come across girls twice in combat sports, both wresting and in TKD.. I can tell you that the first time I spar'd a girl I felt awkward.. unsure just how hard I should go, was I going to hurt her? Then she dropped a kick into my gut that blasted the wind from my body and left me doubled over. I never forgot that lesson and never gave them any different level of force then I would give any other person.

Fast forward a year or two and I watch a friend of mine go against a girl in a wrestling tournament. You could see the same kind of issues running across his face, he ended up on his back and out pointed shortly there after. I ended up facing this girl next and given my prior knowledge and having just watched my friend get tooled I knew instantly what I needed to do. I shot in just like I would have to any boy, put her down on her back and got the pin. End of story, I got up shook her hand and walked away. No more proud or less proud for my competitor having been of the opposite sex, not another thought of it crossed my mind.

Would I have felt bad if I hurt a girl? of course, but you have to ask yourself.. would you feel any less if you badly hurt a male competitor? I mean really, I have seen many guys walk off the mat (generally younger males) in tears, scared from the feeling of someone taking away their supply of oxygen. It forces a moment of evaluation in yourself, are you really into this sport? Or tears of frustration from spending so much time training. I see no reason anyone should feel remorse for the competitor in these situations, both call forth an evaluation in a person, is the sport worth it? am I in this for the right reasons? Male or female I've consistently seen the same reactions from competitors, its foolish to place more meaning to one then the other.

To often I think we revert back to, well dad said never hit a girl. Well right.. but dad wasn't talking about a girl who put on boxing gloves and took a swing at your ass in the name of sport and competition. The sentiment comes from hitting a women out of anger or to hurt them, I don't ever act to hurt a competitor.

[Paul Wade]

Great job Shelby.

[The kza]

Worst than being molested by your mother.

lol nice1