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Sportshour: 'Fighting has always been my outlet' – Kay Hansen on her eating disorder and overcoming trauma

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18/12/2021 GMT

'Fighting has always been my outlet' – Kay Hansen on her eating disorder and overcoming trauma

BBC World Service - Sportshour, 'Fighting has always been my outlet' – Kay Hansen on her eating disorder and overcoming trauma

UFC strawweight Kay Hansen opens up about her trauma and eating disorder

UFC strawweight Kay Hansen opens up about her trauma and eating disorder.

UFC strawweight Kay Hansen opens up about how she discovered she had an eating disorder and how she believes it could be linked to the trauma she endured as a teenager. Hansen was sexually abused in her teens and says not eating and over training was her way of coping. Her issues around food came to a head when she was forced to pull out of a fight in March as her body was effectively shutting down on her. 

We explore the world of pillow fighting ahead of PFC 3, which will be broadcast on pay per view television across the globe, with FightPFC chief executive Steve Williams and professional pillow fighter Terrell Jenkins. Williams believes pillow fighting is set to become the next big combat sport and explains how it works, while Jenkins tells us how he sent his last opponent to the hospital.

Stacey-Lee May tells us how being bullied during childhood led to a career in motorsport. The South African competes in spinning, which is a more extreme version of drifting, with the driver hanging out of the car as it is doing donuts. She is known as the “Queen of Smoke”, her signature move is the “superwoman” and her skill has led to her performing on a number of global television shows.

Sporting Lisbon women’s manager – Mariana Cabral – explains how she went from football journalist to football manager. Cabral also discusses how conversations with other managers when she was a journalist have influenced her and her approach to dealing with the media now she’s a football manager.

And in Sporting Witness, we go back to 1971 and a story about sport and politics. Farhana Haider explains how the Bangladesh football team played an important propaganda role as the country fought a bloody war for independence from Pakistan.

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