Tate in turn, lost against Nunes in her first title defense.Ī moment that defined my last fight 🦁 Momento que definiu minha última luta. Holm in turn, lost against Miesha Tate in her first title defense. Rousey, of course, had a long and dominant reign before she was famously knocked out by Holly Holm. First, it was ruled by Rousey, and then after a period of time, it’s now ruled by Amanda Nunes. Likely the most popular women’s division, bantamweight is the home of the women that everyone’s heard of. Some women who may try though include Joanne Calderwood, Viviane Araujo, and the strawweight champion, Weili. Then, Shevchenko beat Liz Carmouche in another dominant five-round decision. With performances like that, no one knows who can beat Shevchenko at flyweight. After that, she successfully defended it against Jessica Eye, knocking her out with a spectacular head kick. In a dominant five-round decision, Shevchenko easily won the title.
She decided to move up in weight and face Shevchenko for the title. To crown the next champion, the UFC matched Shevchenko with Jedrzejczyk.Īt the time, Namajunas was the strawweight champion, so Jedrzejczyk had no chance to win her title back. However, after Montaño failed to make weight to defend her belt against Valentina Shevchenko, she was stripped of it. The UFC opened the women’s flyweight division recently, but it already has its dominant champion. Nicco Montaño won the inaugural flyweight belt when she beat Roxanne Modafferi. #UFC242 Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 #WomenPower 👊🏻 September 2019Ī post shared by Valentina Shevchenko on at 8:57pm PDT Other highly skilled women to look out for in this division include Tatiana Suarez, Michelle Waterson, and Claudia Gadelha. Many fans don’t expect Weili to lose anytime soon, but with the women in her division, she just may. This back and forth trading of wins and losses just goes to show how deep the division is. Esparza, poetically enough, won the inaugural strawweight title after she choked out Namajunas. Jedrzejczyk earned her title after she brutally knocked out Carla Esparza, the first-ever strawweight champion. Namajunas famously became the champion after she knocked out Joanna Jedrzejczyk in an upset victory. Jedrzejczyk was a dominant champion and she beat multiple women, including Andrade, in her title reign. Andrade, in turn, became the champion when she slammed Rose Namajunas on her head, knocking her out. Weili became the champion after she knocked out Jessica Andrade in less than a minute. There are many highly-skilled fighters who are in title contention and who can beat the other women in the division.Ĭurrently, the champion of this division is Zhang Weili. The women’s strawweight division is one of the most interesting divisions in the entire UFC. Thank you#mma#wmma#ufc#ufcfights #ufcfighter #ufcgirlĪ post shared by Weili Zhang 张伟丽 on at 6:49am PDT
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