Official Women's Division Discussion #21

[Xuh]

You're comparing low level 96% of heavies with the champions of the lower divisions, very fair.

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[dim_]

gertrude namajunes really needs to be a sherdog username...

i thought gertrude was the pig in magic roundabout

but turns out that was ermintrude

 

[curryjunkie]

i thought gertrude was the pig in magic roundabout

but turns out that was ermintrude

theres a resemblance, it must be the haircut....

on second thoughts its florence...

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[Better Every Day]

The five emerging MMA women to watch (according to the author of the article):

Andrea “KGB” Lee (5-2) flyweight
Helena Kolesnyk (3-0) featherweight
Janaisa Morandin (10-0) atomweight
Ariane Lipski (8-3) flyweight
Weili Zhang (10-1) strawweight

 

[Daniel4802]

The five emerging MMA women to watch (according to the author of the article):

Andrea “KGB” Lee (5-2) flyweight
Helena Kolesnyk (3-0) featherweight
Janaisa Morandin (10-0) atomweight
Ariane Lipski (8-3) flyweight
Weili Zhang (10-1) strawweight

Good list. I love me some Ariane Lipski.

 

[LilMountain]

No MacKenzie Dern?

 

[Tobago Jones]

No MacKenzie Dern?

She definitely should be included.

 

[Eater of Souls]

She definitely should be included.

I think most everyone is watching her for one reason or another.

 

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[ions82]

I'm a bit confused by Invicta's AW division. Is Hamasaki moving to 115? Is Hill vacating the title spot in SW? Will the top spot in both AW and SW be up for grabs? I was hoping to see a rematch with Yu Frey and Hamasaki.

 

[ions82]

I'm glad to know that this card will be on Fight Pass. Something to watch late Thursday night. I'm curious if sea-level Nicdali can use her experience as an advantage to best her fairly-new-to-the-game opponent. I bet the majority of the card will have some awesome battles. WAR ALTITUDE!

 

[Better Every Day]

I'm a bit confused by Invicta's AW division. Is Hamasaki moving to 115? Is Hill vacating the title spot in SW? Will the top spot in both AW and SW be up for grabs? I was hoping to see a rematch with Yu Frey and Hamasaki.

My understanding is that Hamasaki wants into the UFC. If she had her way, she'd go directly in as a strawweight right now, but apparently the UFC wasn't interested in that. So Hamasaki had challenged Hill to fight her at 115 lbs.for the belt, seeing this as her best way to get the UFC interested in her.

I haven't heard anything about Hamasaki's plans now that Hill is in the UFC. My guess would be that she still wants to fight for the 115 lbs title as a stepping stone to the UFC. But I haven't found any evidence that she has said so.

 

[Larisa.]

Oops. Didn't notice this until now but Veronica Macedo vs. Lina Lansberg has been booked for the UFC card in London. Glad the UFC are giving Lina a shot at her actual weight class, still think Macedo should consider dropping down to SW but I'm looking forward to this fight anyway!!

 

[Eater of Souls]

Oops. Didn't notice this until now but Veronica Macedo vs. Lina Lansberg has been booked for the UFC card in London. Glad the UFC are giving Lina a shot at her actual weight class, still think Macedo should consider dropping down to SW but I'm looking forward to this fight anyway!!

I understand her desire to fight at a weight class where she feels stronger, but, unfortunately, Veronica is going to get out-muscled by the larger women at 135.

 

[Mittens]

So, I watched Fight Mom. Nothing special for someone who has followed Waterson's career, but she does come off as darn likeable in that too - probably a nice enough promotional piece for not only Michelle herself, but the sport as a whole (contrasted to loud mouthed tattooed foreigners or ginormous black dudes with penchant for fondling balls and whatnot...) Well worth a watch in any case. (just hope that WME realized they have a non-WWE type or fighter with probably pretty high marketability value on their hands and gives her the push she deserves)

 

[Eater of Souls]

So, I watched Fight Mom. Nothing special for someone who has followed Waterson's career, but she does come off as darn likeable in that too - probably a nice enough promotional piece for not only Michelle herself, but the sport as a whole (contrasted to loud mouthed tattooed foreigners or ginormous black dudes with penchant for fondling balls and whatnot...) Well worth a watch in any case. (just hope that WME realized they have a non-WWE type or fighter with probably pretty high marketability value on their hands and gives her the push she deserves)

Doubtful. They appear to be encouraging the trash marketing style. Truly disappointing.