Carla Esparza starts campaign calling for #ufcatomweight

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La Paix

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Wmma is thin enough as it is. Adding more divisions will only make it worse.

Carla went 10-2 winning Invitca and UFC titles. Since losing it to JJ she's gone 3-4 and now she's calling for a smaller division. She'd be better off improving her striking game then hoping for a size advantage.

On the other hand of that Suarez girl is gonna set the bar for straw weight sizing they're all fucked.
 

Leto1776

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Wmma is thin enough as it is. Adding more divisions will only make it worse.

Carla went 10-2 winning Invitca and UFC titles. Since losing it to JJ she's gone 3-4 and now she's calling for a smaller division. She'd be better off improving her striking game then hoping for a size advantage.

On the other hand of that Suarez girl is gonna set the bar for straw weight sizing they're all fucked.
Carla would not be big for atomweight. She enters fight week at ~120 for strawweight. She's also said in the past that it wouldn't be difficult at all for her to make it, she just doesn't like cutting weight. Obviously, after facing two of the biggest strawweights in a row with Gadelha and Suarez, she's seeing the light.

BTW, atomweight division is deeper than most think, it's just spread very thin across multiple promotions.
 

Drake

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Get an av, nerd :p:D

But yeah, worldwide atomweight is pretty solid and getting everyone (or most) under one roof (UFC per say) would show it. Similar to flyweight actually. Though, flyweight is the best worldwide when it comes to all female divisions.
 

RaginCajun

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Just give them all a belt so they can stop with the begging and start with the fighting again.
 

Wild

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Wmma is thin enough as it is. Adding more divisions will only make it worse.

Carla went 10-2 winning Invitca and UFC titles. Since losing it to JJ she's gone 3-4 and now she's calling for a smaller division. She'd be better off improving her striking game then hoping for a size advantage.

On the other hand of that Suarez girl is gonna set the bar for straw weight sizing they're all fucked.
Yeah, Suarez is a beast for sure.
 

Leto1776

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Get an av, nerd :p:D

But yeah, worldwide atomweight is pretty solid and getting everyone (or most) under one roof (UFC per say) would show it. Similar to flyweight actually. Though, flyweight is the best worldwide when it comes to all female divisions.
Agreed, getting them all under one roof would show the depth.

Also agreed on the AV.

BTW, what's going on with your podcast? On a break?
 

jimmy boogaloo

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Nov 15, 2017
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I like wmma but I would rather see it banned than add a fucking women's atomweight division. literally no one cares except fighters and their families. even their gym mates probably think the idea is fucking stupid.

lol @ a female atomweight title fight on ppv. no thank you
 
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Yossarian

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They still need to build the 145 division, lets do that first. Doesn't seem like a good idea to have another one person division.
 

Limpy

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You have a problem with a Michelle Waterson division?

Sounds like a You problem.

Would you actually be happy and consider her a true champion if she dropped down? She can’t win in her current division so it’s a sham imo.

And don’t tell me it’s her true weight class, she’s fighting bigger women. The entire 115lb division are the size of garden gnomes.