Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White expects to add more women's divisions to UFC in the near future as he was impressed with the 50 women who tried out for The Ultimate Fighter 18.
Currently, there's only a 135 lbs division for women in the UFC and we've only had 2 women's fights inside the Octagon. The first fight was between current Women's Bantamweight Champion Ronda Rousey against Liz Carmouch, a bout in which Rousey succesfully defended her belt. After that Cat Zingano won by way of TKO against former Strikeforce Champion Miesha Tate at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale. And when asked if he expects more women's divisions to the UFC he says:
If you think about it, when we started this company, we had heavyweights, light heavyweights, middleweights and welterweights. That was it. When we brought in the 155-pound division, everybody was like, This is crazy. They're too small. Nobody will ever watch.
The evolution of this sport as it's continued to grow, we've been adding weight classes, and the sport keeps getting bigger. There are more and more talented guys in all those weight classes. The same thing will happen with the women.
I think when you got into the 135-pound division, I knew there were enough fights for a year and a half, two years. You think that after it starts to generate some excitement and interest that other women will pop out of the woodwork. I think over the next couple of years, we're really going to see a big boom.
The evolution of this sport as it's continued to grow, we've been adding weight classes, and the sport keeps getting bigger. There are more and more talented guys in all those weight classes. The same thing will happen with the women.
I think when you got into the 135-pound division, I knew there were enough fights for a year and a half, two years. You think that after it starts to generate some excitement and interest that other women will pop out of the woodwork. I think over the next couple of years, we're really going to see a big boom.
Do you guys think more divisions for Women's MMA will work in the UFC?
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