Cage fighter Bec Hyatt at her local gym at Capalaba. Pic Peter Wallis Picture: Wallis Peter Source: The Courier-Mail
MEN often refuse to spar Bec Hyatt, assuming they are wasting their time and would just hurt the 52kg straw-weight.
They only need to watch her last cage fight, which she won in just 37 seconds via technical knockout, to realise Australia's premier female mixed martial artist does not need protecting.
Hyatt, a bubbly, tattoo-laden, 23-year-old from Capalaba in Brisbane's east, is making history.
She has just signed a three-fight contract with American mixed martial arts company Invicta Fighting Championships.
She has a first-class opportunity to become Australia's first high-profile, successful, female fighter.
A mother of two, Hyatt fights in Kansas City on January 5.
It will be the first step in her long-term goal of joining the UFC, which signed their first female fighter, Ronda Rousey, last month.
In America, female mixed martial arts events are surging in popularity largely due to former Olympic judo medallist Rousey.
Rousey's image and unbeaten streak of nine first-round wins has seen her grace the cover of ESPN The Magazine and become a talk-show regular.
Rousey's success has already allowed Hyatt (4-1) to be a full time professional although some men still decline to practise with her, fearing she may be embarrassed.
"They soon realise I punch back," Hyatt said.
"Some guys just think it's too awkward to spar a woman and that's fine, but when they see me train, they see I have no problem taking a punch."
Hyatt, training out of Impact MMA gym, was knocked out cold in her first bout.
Since then she has won four straight bouts, three of which ended in round one, and become a cult figure among combat sports fans.
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