Definitely would have made more sense to do a 125 division than 145
Like I've been saying for ages, they didn't do that because they knew it would have thinned out the 135 division, and honestly- likely have killed it. 90% of the division would have moved down to 125.
They couldn't implement a 125 division because then they couldn't force 125pounders to fight Ronda... and they were already running out of fighters to feed her as is, hence they even gave her Holly who was ranked like #7 or something in favor of doing another fight Miesha.
They also learned from Strikeforce. 145 was the premier division, but once they included 135, the women dropped down quick to avoid Cyborg who was a strong champion. Ronda is one of these women who dropped down. What happened was it essentially left the 145 division with no participants. Cyborg had to wait over a year just to find someone to fight her before she popped and got stripped.
Another reason they introduced 145 is to potentially have Ronda go up and grab her second belt. Dana was already semi-promoting it.
Now that Ronda is officially out of the picture, I expect them to introduce the division fairly soon. His recent comment was something like how Amanda needs to focus on 135 in response to Amanda saying she expects to move up for a champion vs champion fight.
hilariously bad management. but what's new with regards to Dana. I don't expect him to serve his 5 year sentence with WMG. Will probably be a "mutual"(bs lol) agreement to have him retire in 2 or 3 years.