There's some analysis on the fivethirtyeight post that is linked to, and clearly this is a topic that interests a significant chunk of the visitors to HN. The

There's some analysis on the fivethirtyeight post that is linked to, and clearly this is a topic that interests a significant chunk of the visitors to HN. The plots in the post make no distinction between male and female MMA fighters. I'm not seeing the "gender studies" aspect that you refer to, and that bit of negativity is a little sour.