Dana White Elaborates on Plans for Women's MMA in the UFC
Posted by Jeffrey Harris on 02.23.2013
They have fifteen new fighters for the division...
On Friday's UFC 157 Fight Club Q&A session with UFC President Dana White, White elaborated on the current plans for the women's division in the UFC and what the future might hold.
White on if the UFC would make a women's 145 lb. division to accommodate Cyborg: "We'll see what happens, but I don't know if we'd be adding 145 in a couple months because over the next year what we're going to be doing is building this 135-pound division. I'm going to have 15 new fighters in here that we need to introduce to the world."
White's thoughts on the fighters they've signed so far: "These girls are really talented fighters, and they belong here. As we started doing our homework, started looking at the divisions and started breaking down the women's division, the 135-pound division had talent in it. So I said, 'Let do it. Let's give it a shot.'"
White on how many women are talking about the Rousey/Carmouche fight: "The one thing that we're noticing is how many women are talking about this fight. It's crazy how many women are talking about this fight. We're hearing in Las Vegas that all the women are saying all their friends are watching it. This thing is bigger than I thought."
