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Provost, for her part, told the Guardian, “I train with men that are stronger than me all of the time. It doesn’t bother me at all. We need to show that MMA is an inclusive sport.”

There is a description for this: Stockholm Syndrome. Just look at the size difference of their arms. Her opponent was a man who trained as special forces. Just because he's insane and cut his junk off doesn't take away from the decades he spent as an intact man fully participating in male society.

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decades he spent as an intact man fully participating in male society

And in a military known to be pretty damned sexist as well.