ADCC has Molly Helsel Interview

From ADCC:

BodogFIGHT season 4 is in full swing with some very surprising developments, perhaps the biggest of which is the support for the women’s divisions both at 135 and 125 pounds. This isn’t quite as surprising as one might think when one realizes BodogFIGHT’s matchmaker and commissioner are the two who held North America’s first all-women’s show HOOKnSHOOT “Revolution”, were both involved in AFC back when Jennifer Howe defeated Tara LaRosa, and matchmaker Miguel Itturate was involved in MFC where Amanda Buckner furthered her career. BodogFIGHT however are taking it a step further, including two women’s bouts on their Clash of the Nations card (only one of which was on the pay-per-view) and several matches on the season 4 & 5 taping.

Recently the fight between Molly Helsel and Carina Damm aired, a fight Carina won by decision but in which Molly was very impressive, not only raising their own stock but once again shining positive attention on the women’s divisions as a whole. Next up Molly fights Tama Chan in BodogFIGHT season 5 which tapes this month and airs later this year.

KM: Your fight just aired on BodogFIGHT. What do you think of that fight now?

MH: It is interesting to see that fight after the six months it took to heal from that loss. It was actually pretty difficult but I have gotten such good response that it picked me back up.

KM: How would you describe that fight?

MH: It was a war. It is interesting we both had the same game plan by thinking the other’s strength was on the ground. And we both surprised each other with the standup. It was extremely frustrating for me to chase her and I made that number one mistake of chasing her without really knowing how to cut off the ring. She is really flashy; I’m never going to discredit her for her skill, she is tough, but a lot of her stuff is just flash. I went in there with the intention to win that fight and I think she was more concerned about the show. That was really frustrating for me to deal with, that people were more concerned about looking at her ass. That is not what fighting is all about.

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