UFC women's division 'absolutely going to happen,' White says

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/mma/10/23/ronda-rousey-ufc/index.html



Ronda Rousey, the most dominant female fighter in MMA, could be its most historic, too.

UFC president Dana White tells SI.com he's working on a female division of the UFC, largely because of Rousey's influence.

"It's absolutely going to happen," White said Tuesday of the women's division.

The inclusion of women in the sport's highest ranks is an about-face for White, who had long rejected the idea of a women's division, deriding the quality of fighting and the depth of competition in the female ranks.

White attributes his reversal to Rousey, 25, who has beaten each of her nine opponents -- three amateur, six professional -- with a devastating armbar in the first round. Only one opponent, wrestling specialist Miesha Tate, endured longer than one minute in the cage with the Strikeforce bantamweight title holder and 2008 bronze medalist in judo.

White says no time frame is set for the new division. Rousey's transition to UFC, White says, "could happen tomorrow, it could happen a year from now."

Rousey's manager Darin Harvey says, "Nothing is immenient. She's a Strikeforce champion not a UFC fighter. We still have three fights left for Strikeforce."

Regardless of the time frame for the women's division, White says, "The point is I'm committed to this."

i will point out this is a genuine question as opposed to a sarcastic comment,

but has anything changed in womens MMA with regards to quality of fighting and depth of competition or does white simply see an opportunity to rinse a few bucks out of rousey?

Dana has a hard on for her and just wants to fuck her.

freakzilla wrote:

Dana has a hard on for her and just wants to fuck her.

Yup it's so obvious.

Ali wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

Dana has a hard on for her and just wants to fuck her.

Yup it's so obvious.

Dana doesn't fuck women. He fucks the fans.

OU wrote:

Ali wrote:

freakzilla wrote:

Dana has a hard on for her and just wants to fuck her.

Yup it's so obvious.

Dana doesn't fuck women. He fucks the fans.

If Cyborg was still the champ this wouldn't be happening cause she is ugly. He kept waving it off waiting for a good looking girl to win the belt which is what I would of done too.

josh200612 wrote:

If Cyborg was still the champ this wouldn't be happening cause she is ugly. He kept waving it off waiting for a good looking girl to win the belt which is what I would of done too.

Pretty much, it's common for them to sell MMA not so much on the merits of the sport it self, but what can create the most sensation outside of it.

Rousey is an asset. I'm sure the Fox channels would love to have her on their family of networks. Conversely, if Rousey were to leave SF, that is taking yet another big draw from that org, and Showtime events. So yet another signal of the demise MMA for both those entities.

The woman's talent pool has increased, maybe not that much to warrant a complete about face by White, but it certainly has gotten better.

captain organic wrote:

Rousey is an asset. I'm sure the Fox channels would love to have her on their family of networks. Conversely, if Rousey were to leave SF, that is taking yet another big draw from that org, and Showtime events. So yet another signal of the demise MMA for both those entities.

The woman's talent pool has increased, maybe not that much to warrant a complete about face by White, but it certainly has gotten better.

If Ronda left, I would be pissed if I was Gil. All the other big names get out of the Showtime deal but Gil is stranded?