Women’s MMA is here to stay !
This past weekend, Strikeforce held a
main event title fight between champion Miesha Tate and challenger Ronda Rousey
.In only her fifth pro fight, amazingly all first round arm bar submissions, Ronda
defeat champion Miesha Tate to win the Strikefource women’s bantamweight championship.
Ronda, a very marketable fighter by means of her good looks, decorated Judo background,
and very entertaining trash talk. She’s won multiple world judo championships,
and is the only American female to win a gold medal in judo at the Olympic Games.
This was a very important moment in
women’s MMA considering the purchase of Strikefource by the ufc. There has been
concern surrounding strikeforce and the future of the women’s division. As many
of Strikeforces top talent has made the move to the UFC, it seems that it’s only
a matter of time until the UFC stops organizing Strikeforce events. UFC president
Dana White feels that there is a not anofe good female fighters to create a division
in the UFC, which if asked, the fighters would tend to disagree. . After this
past weekend’s fights and the increasingly growing popularity of woman’s MMA,
the UFC just may have to make room for women’s division.
http://www.mmafighting.com/2012/3/4/2843587/ronda-rousey-post-fight-interviewhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIxV4O-d9uw
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