Jbrahams Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 At the moment the only fight on the radar is Rousey vs Carmouche, which is fair enough, I'm sure afterwards they will have more fights created since they want this one to be the first one in UFC history, not put one on the undercard of UFC 157 and let it take bragging rights. But this is all we've heard about the women's division is the bantamweights, so what's going to happen to the other female divisions? Are the UFC going to add the Featherweights, Flyweights, Strawweights, and even Atomweights? How serious are they at creating women divisions? But do we want this? If each division has at least 10 fighters, that's another 50 or so fighters added to the already 475 (approx.) fighters in the UFC. Trying to find room for 500+ fighters to fight around 3 times a year (which is what a fighter probably finds ideal) is very tough, there were already enough complaints about how the UFC have "too many cards" and adding more fighters will create more complaints presumably. I just don't know if the UFC have really sat down and thought this out, thought about where the division will be in 5 years. I think they saw all the hype Strikeforce had with Rousey and being the "Big Brother" that they are to SF, they decided to take her away and now take all the credit for Women's MMA when it was really Showtime who deserves it. Anyway, what are your thoughts on how the UFC will treat female fighters? Will they look to expand into different divisions or will it just be a stupid idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesterdays_Hero Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 I think they'll stick with just Rouseyweight for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Pantaloons Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 Hate to break the news, but there is no women's division. Only "rousey vs opponent" until she losses or they find another woman they think can can make big money off of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galvanik Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Hate to break the news' date=' but there is no women's division. Only "rousey vs opponent" until she losses or they find another woman they think can can make big money off of.[/quote'] Right now, this is pretty accurate. The hope is that the introduction to the big scene will inspire more women fighters and bring in new talent, but right now the whole thing is on very shaky legs:(. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijosef Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Dana White claims to be serious about a 135lb women's division and says there will be other non-Rousey bouts, although his words are to be taken with a grain of salt as usual. I almost wished Zuffa would've purchased (or at least invested in) Invicta FC, which is solely a women's promotion and seems to have things in pretty good order for a fledgling organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdGOAT Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesterdays_Hero Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Women MMA fighters are ugly. Shogun > women fighters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GstarUk Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 if liz beats rousey, then she could single handedly kill the womens division. This is the rousey show..... Building towards super fights with cyborg and gina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EccentricMeat Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Hate to break the news' date=' but there is no women's division. Only "rousey vs opponent" until she losses or they find another woman they think can can make big money off of.[/quote'] +1 Everyone thinks the UFC is being serious with WMMA, but really they're just cashing in on Rousey while she's the main focus of the entire MMA world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesoulpower Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Well I mean how serious can anyone be about Womens MMA divisions? They could make Clint Eastwood laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keem Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Would of liked to of seen Megumi Fuji get her shine in the UFC, but she's like around Hendo's age now and will probably never get the accolades she deserves.. On the big show, or in the minds of fans/followers of the sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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