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It looks like UFC 209 will have a women’s bout on the card after all. On Thursday, Amanda Cooper (2-2, 1-1 UFC) announced via her Instagram that she will be welcoming strawweight prospect Cynthia Calvillo (3-0) to the UFC. Cooper was the runner-up on Season 23 of The Ultimate Fighter, getting sub...
Following a successful UFC debut, 19-year-old Sage Northcutt returns to action vs. the always tough Cody Pfister live on Fight Pass. The bout was announced by the promotion on Monday. Northcutt (6-0) is a life-long martial artist who spent a majority of his young professional career in Legacy FC....
After seven-straight wins to start her young MMA career, Poland’s Kowalkiewicz has announced that she has signed with the UFC on her twitter account. Undefeated Polish strawweight Karolina Kowalkiewicz signs with the UFC Of her seven wins, five were under the KSW banner and one was under Invicta...
Since its inception in 2013, the UFC Women’s Strawweight division has been gaining attention around the world. The division’s first star was born when Carla Esparza defeated Rose Namajunas to become the inaugural Strawweight Champion in December 2014, although she was usurped by Poland’s Joanna J...
On January 31, 2004 at UFC 46 two champions were dethroned, as Vitor Belfort beat Randy Couture for the UFC light heavyweight title and B.J. Penn tapped out Matt Hughes to capture the 170-pound gold. Fast forward eleven years and once again two divisional title holders were ousted of their titles...
Video: Carla Esparza captures strawweight title against Rose Namajunas The former Invicta FC strawweight champion, Carla Esparza has widely been considered to be the top 115-pound fighter in the world, and she didn’t disappoint on The Ultimate Fighter 20, defeating Angela Hill, Tecia Torres, and ...
This is a new column, where once a week (or so) we preview a MMA fighter from each weight class, who we believe will have great success in their respective weight class for years to come. Criteria for this column includes: the fighter cannot be the champion, cannot be a former champion, and canno...
Last night was the debut of the much-anticipated 20th season of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’, which includes 16 of the best women’s strawweight fighters competing to become the inaugural UFC strawweight champion. Unlike most seasons, a lot of these fighters were very well known coming into the house. S...
A new season of the Ultimate Fighter has arrived and few previous seasons have been met with such excitement, as this season will crown the first ever UFC Strawweight Champion. The coaches are current UFC Lightweight Champ Anthony Pettis and former Strikeforce Champ Gilbert Melendez. UFC announce...
Beauty may be skin deep, but strength comes right from the heart. In a jaw-dropping new season, 16 devastating women go head-to-head for a UFC title. The new season starts Wednesday, September 10th at 10pm ET on FOX Sports 1. Check out the video, and stay tuned right here at MMA Sucka for more li...
In the aftermath of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) organization’s 20th anniversary, the UFC is kicking off its next two decades with a fresh twist on its storied reality television series, The Ultimate Fighter. For the first time ever, the series’ 20th season will feature an all women c...
Next month’s World Series of Fighting 8 event features a second championship matchup, as the No. 1 ranked 115-pound woman in the world, Jessica Aguilar (16-4), meets Alida Gray (4-0) for World Series of Fighing’s inaugural women’s strawweight title. The bout airs live on NBC Sports Network on th...
Las Vegas, Nev. – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced today that the Invicta FC women’s mixed martial arts organization has assigned the contracts of 11 women’s strawweight (115 pounds) competitors to the UFC. Terms of the assignment were not disclosed. UFC launches women’s strawweight...
On a UFC conference call today (December 11) President Dana White announced that Invicta has assigned 11 women’s strawweight contracts to the UFC. The women will compete on an all female season of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ with the winner becoming the inaugural UFC strawweight champion. UFC takes ov...
Dana White appeared on the FoxSports.com podcast “The Fighter and the Kid” today, and dropped the news that many within the MMA community have been expecting since the spring: The addition of a 115 lbs. women’s division to the Ultimate Fighting Championships. Dana White confirms addition of Women...