Flyweight division comingto UFC later this year

Per Dana White today

Do they just raid Tachi and places like that to fill out a roster?

Another great move for the UFC.

Man just think how much has changed in a year.

WEC merged
SF got bought out & will merge most likely
5 round main events
UFC health care
and now a 125 division.

Too soon I think. They should've built up Featherweight and Bantamweight first.

Don't forget the UFC has ditched Spike finally and will be opening their own channel. This is another awesome move.


Freak is still a retard moron asshole bastard. But I suppose White can't change everything.

Wolf is still a racist, ego maniacal bastard but I guess he can't change that either.

I can't disagree with either of the last 2 posts.

nice.

Excellent move, the division will fill up in no time, watch guys drop and come out of nowhere.

Mighty Mouse vs Benavidez for the belt!!!


Snag McCall

LA wrote:

Excellent move, the division will fill up in no time, watch guys drop and come out of nowhere.

Mighty Mouse vs Benavidez for the belt!!!


Snag McCall

Something I and others on here have said many times.

I've been dreaming about this since this thread came out.
http://www.ninjasplace.com/t626-wec-starting-a-125-lbs-division?highlight=division

Sweet.

wow awesome

know about the women?

Women ain't fighting in the UFC for a long ass time if ever

Two years or much less if they get a channel they need to fill with content. If Tate wins the 135 title and 1 or 2 of the three Alpha Male fighters who will fight for a title in the lower weight classes the UFC has a new brand of stars they can market and group together. Ultimately, the ratings for WMMA are good. There is a market there for it. According to White, if they can find enough fighters, they'll do it. 135 has a bunch of legit fighters and with the exposure they're getting now, we're just going to see more and more girls getting involved.

I think they are still well off from having enough fighters to do it. Its still a long ways off right now

135 is deeper than it ever has been. A division doesn't need 20-40 fighters. WMMA will likely always remain a novelty in relation to the rest of the sport, 10 fighters is all they really need.

135 is decent but the two most marketable girls fight in a division where there's absolutely nobody right now

If Meisha Tate wins, she is plenty marketable.

Look at her

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Miesha could definitely be marketable with growth in women's MMA but at this stage certainly not comparable to Gina as the original hot chick that kicks ass or Cyborg simply for the Christy Martinesque "Wow this chick could probably beat the fuck out of me" factor

She is Alpha Male. Let any combination of Faber, Joe or Mendes win titles and they'd have a new, young, hip brand to market together. Package deal. California hotties. A new type of MMA lifestyle that is different from the cage fighting stereotypes of the past.

http://mmajunkie.com/news/23980/with-ufc-bringing-in-flyweights-will-tachi-palace-suffer-luchau-doesnt-think-so.mma

"Finally," said Montague, who this past February took the promotion's
125-pound crown from Ulysses Gomez, in response to the UFC's plans.
"Hopefully, after I get another win at Tachi, they'll sign me. That's
what my second thought was."

Montague is expected to fight McCall in his first title defense at Tachi
Palace Fights 10, which takes place Aug. 5 at the Tachi Palace Hotel
and Casino in Lemoore, Calif. And not that any fight isn't important,
but the prospect of making it to the big show certainly has raised the
stakes for both fighters.

"It makes every fight important from now on," McCall said. "I'd like to
be in the UFC as No. 1 in the world. I'm No. 3 right now, and that's
cool, but No. 1 is a lot better."

Just like the FW division got a nice boost when it joined the UFC, allowing some fighters to go to a more ideal weight class. This will do the same. You have 2 top 10 BW that could make fly and I'm sure others could as well. Dana said they could go grand prix style to crown the first Champ. The thought of lil Joe and Mighty Mouse in a Grand Prix with Uncle Creepy and the Tachi boys blows my mind. Would instantly be one of my favorite weight classes.

these 6 for sure

Ian McCall
Mamoru Yamaguchi
Jussier da Silva
Darrell Montague
Joseph Benavidez
Demetrious Johnson



Maybe Ulysses Gomez, Chris Cariaso, Scott Jorgensen, Charlie Valencia, even Kid Yamamoto. Or land some Japanese fighters like Shimizu or Urushitani.