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“I was the first women’s flyweight champion crowned, so I am for sure the best flyweight in the world,” Macfarlane told USA TODAY Sports.
“I feel that everybody in the UFC should be thanking me right now – or at least all the flyweights should be thanking me – because the only reason the UFC created their flyweight division was because of me,” Macfarlane said.
“Scott Coker and Bellator created the flyweight division. I was one of the first wave of girls that they signed. I started climbing up the ranks. People started watching me. My name started getting out there. Bellator had no choice but to crown a champion, because I was killing all these girls. Then UFC came along, and they were like, ‘Oh, (expletive), Bellator is creating this deep flyweight division. Now we’ve got to do it, too.”
Bellator President Scott Coker, who has promoted martial arts events for more than 30 years, has long been a proponent of the women’s divisions.
“I grew up in a traditional martial arts school where we trained, sparred and competed alongside women,” Coker said. “We were all teammates. When I ran Strikeforce, we gave these deserving athletes the opportunity to compete, from Ronda Rousey to Gina Carano to Miesha Tate, Amanda Nunes, Cris Cyborg and more.”
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“I feel that everybody in the UFC should be thanking me right now – or at least all the flyweights should be thanking me – because the only reason the UFC created their flyweight division was because of me,” Macfarlane said.
“Scott Coker and Bellator created the flyweight division. I was one of the first wave of girls that they signed. I started climbing up the ranks. People started watching me. My name started getting out there. Bellator had no choice but to crown a champion, because I was killing all these girls. Then UFC came along, and they were like, ‘Oh, (expletive), Bellator is creating this deep flyweight division. Now we’ve got to do it, too.”
Bellator President Scott Coker, who has promoted martial arts events for more than 30 years, has long been a proponent of the women’s divisions.
“I grew up in a traditional martial arts school where we trained, sparred and competed alongside women,” Coker said. “We were all teammates. When I ran Strikeforce, we gave these deserving athletes the opportunity to compete, from Ronda Rousey to Gina Carano to Miesha Tate, Amanda Nunes, Cris Cyborg and more.”
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