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No Holds Barred: Fisti Cuffs of Gotham Girls Roller Derby, Women Gains and Setbacks in Combat Sports

Wednesday, 07 October 2009

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman once again
discusses the sport of roller derby, the fastest-growing sport in
America, and speaks with Fisti Cuffs, co-captain of the Manhattan
Mayhem of the Gotham Girls Roller Derby (http://
www.gothamgirlsrollerderby.com/).

In a brutal bout with numerous penalties and ejections held Saturday
night, August 8, at Hunter College in New York, the Bronx Gridlock
topped the Manhattan Mayhem by a score of 99-75. This was the final
regular season game for both teams, with Bronx finishing with a record
of 3-0 and Manhattan 2-1. These two teams will meet once again in the
Gotham Girls Roller Derby league championship November 21. The final
2009 regular season league game will be on September 26, when the
Brooklyn Bombshells take on the Queens of Pain.

We spoke with Fisti Cuffs at the conclusion of this game.

We begin the show by discussing a number of other stories involving
women in the combat sports. The International Olympic Committee has
officially announced that women's boxing will be included in the 2012
London Olympics, and we discuss the significance of that. We talk
about the many obstacles facing the expansion of women's wrestling in
the Olympics, where only four weight classes are contested. And we
also discuss a report of a complaint filed by numerous American women
wrestlers against USA Wrestling alleging abuses, injustices, and
discrimination against them which led them to leave the Olympic
Training Center (http://www.gazette.com/news/women-58526-wrestlers-
governing.html).

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Thanks, Eddie Goldman
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