Kemal
24-10-2012, 17:23
It was inevitable. After years of hearing women's MMA was either too mundane or too shallow, it appears as though Ronda Rousey has finally made a believer out of UFC President Dana White.
White spoke to Sports Illustrated (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/mma/10/23/ronda-rousey-ufc/index.html) on Tuesday, and in doing so he revealed plans could potentially be in the works to create a UFC women's division, with Rousey as its superstar.
"It's absolutely going to happen," White declared.
White has been slowly coming around to a women's division for some time now, so this isn't exactly surprising. Our own Ariel Helwani spoke to him on the subject last night and White essentially said it wasn't breaking news and no progress has been made at the time of this writing. But regardless of any formalities, this is easily the most definitive statement we've heard on the topic, and White's words couldn't have been clearer.
"The point is I'm committed to this."
White spoke to Sports Illustrated (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/mma/10/23/ronda-rousey-ufc/index.html) on Tuesday, and in doing so he revealed plans could potentially be in the works to create a UFC women's division, with Rousey as its superstar.
"It's absolutely going to happen," White declared.
White has been slowly coming around to a women's division for some time now, so this isn't exactly surprising. Our own Ariel Helwani spoke to him on the subject last night and White essentially said it wasn't breaking news and no progress has been made at the time of this writing. But regardless of any formalities, this is easily the most definitive statement we've heard on the topic, and White's words couldn't have been clearer.
"The point is I'm committed to this."