Gendered Photos: Mixed Martial Arts Event

Last night, I attended the X-1: Champions III mixed martial arts (MMA) event in Honolulu. I left a bit early, so today I went online at the Honolulu Star-Advertiser to see the last few matches' results. I noticed the page has a series of 20 photos that follow the typical notions of hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity.

If you were a male at the event, you could be featured visually in this photo array in a diverse range of roles. Of course, you could be pictured as a fighter, as seen below.


Or, you could be seen as an announcer:


You could be featured ringside as part of the media or a cornerman (coach):

Or again as a winning fighter, notably with females on the side.

Females pictured has more limited roles as shown in the 20 picture photo array. You could be shown as a ring girl.

Or as a fan in attire that very much emphasizes femininity.

And by the way, there was a women's fight in which Raquel Paaluhi of Waianae, Hawaii defeated Nicole (last name not shown on results) of Las Vegas, NV by 3rd round TKO stoppage in a very exciting competition. Perhaps unsurprisingly, their photos were not featured.


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