Official Women's Division Discussion #25

[executionermma]

29-27 here, i think 2nd was one sided enough at the ground to be a 10-8, it was a good fight, but after R1 Chambers just wasn't being competitive, she was just surviving, i'm surprised she didnt retire

 

[Mittens]

Weight bullying paid off But at least that was the only impressive part in her game, so as soon as she cannot have that unfair advantage, she can be defeated via skills easy.

But glad for Jess

 

[ufcfan4]

Bellator kickboxing champ Denise Kielholtz gets her first MMA win in impressive fashion in Israel by submission. Maybe a force in the flyweight division

Nice win!

 

[curryjunkie]

well the Bogan got battered , so im happy

 

[awiv]

29-27 here, i think 2nd was one sided enough at the ground to be a 10-8, it was a good fight, but after R1 Chambers just wasn't being competitive, she was just surviving, i'm surprised she didnt retire

Really this match was an atomweight versus a flyweight. Plus Chambers was coming off a two year absence. I am sure the UFC will give her another match and with some strawweights moving up she maybe needed to fill the division.

If she does get cut, I would like to see her back in Invicta.

 

[executionermma]

Really this match was an atomweight versus a flyweight. Plus Chambers was coming off a two year absence. I am sure the UFC will give her another match and with some strawweights moving up she maybe needed to fill the division.

If she does get cut, I would like to see her back in Invicta.

Yeah size played a big part, i think she deserves it, but her next fight should be her last chance if she loses. Against Mi Jeon maybe?

 

[SugarKrok]

Chambers is hella undersized. I remember seeing her on TUF and the fight against Curran. She seems pretty skilled and sneaky, but her age and size means shell always be behind in explosiveness and strength. Besides the Asian straweights (excluding Waterson who I followed from invicta ) I know nothing about, I gotta wonder if she'd get a decisive W against anyone in UFC.

 

[Better Every Day]

Really this match was an atomweight versus a flyweight. Plus Chambers was coming off a two year absence. I am sure the UFC will give her another match and with some strawweights moving up she maybe needed to fill the division.

If she does get cut, I would like to see her back in Invicta.

I like Chambers, but it troubles me that she seemed to have lost by gassing out. Makes me wonder if her advanced age has become too much of a factor for her to overcome.

 

[ions82]

I like Chambers, but it troubles me that she seemed to have lost by gassing out. Makes me wonder if her advanced age has become too much of a factor for her to overcome.

I share the sentiment. Great person with a great outlook, but I wonder if time has caught up with her. I am around her age, and I can't go nearly as hard as I did even a few years ago. I remember her being very quick in Invicta. Don't athletes usually reach their aerobic peak well after their anaerobic? Makes me wonder what sort of training she does for endurance.

 

[ions82]

Lately, I've found myself missing the days before WMMA went mainstream. I don't know about anyone else, but I enjoyed those sketchy Invicta streams (with the live comment box on the side.) Staying glued to the computer for 2+ hours as they would just run the fights back to back. Watching the WMMARoundUp pre and post-fight videos. I wasn't around for the early WMMA scene, but I sure enjoyed the period right before UFC started women's divisions. I kind of wonder what would've happened had UFC bought Invicta (letting Knapp still run the show) and just had it as the women's league. Just seems like a lot of the fighters in BOTH orgs aren't terribly active. Maybe the novelty just wore off for me, but I miss being excited for the entire week leading up to an Invicta card.

 

[GBJohn]

Lately, I've found myself missing the days before WMMA went mainstream. I don't know about anyone else, but I enjoyed those sketchy Invicta streams (with the live comment box on the side.) Staying glued to the computer for 2+ hours as they would just run the fights back to back. Watching the WMMARoundUp pre and post-fight videos. I wasn't around for the early WMMA scene, but I sure enjoyed the period right before UFC started women's divisions. I kind of wonder what would've happened had UFC bought Invicta (letting Knapp still run the show) and just had it as the women's league. Just seems like a lot of the fighters in BOTH orgs aren't terribly active. Maybe the novelty just wore off for me, but I miss being excited for the entire week leading up to an Invicta card.

I haven't lost that excitement. To be honest, I am usually more excited about Invicta cards than UFC cards.

 

[executionermma]

I wasn't a fan of WMMA before UFC, i really thought they were all amateurs with no skill whatsoever but after i gave a chance with UFC, i became a fan, i feel like the only problem Invicta has right now is sidelining their champs for too long.

 

[Askafan]

 

[Eater of Souls]

Well, fuck. I liked your post but, well, I feel very bad for the poor girl's family. (I say this as a man easily old enough to be her father)

 

[Daniel4802]

If I recall, that's how that One FC guy died. He was severely dehydrated and went running in the heat in a sweat suit.

I wonder if a coach told her to go running. Like the guy in the video said, you're crossing a deadly bridge beyond heat exhaustion and stroke. Sucks for the family.

 

[Askafan]

Of course mma has only recently been legalized in Western Australia, Miesha Tate was there lobbying only a few months ago and now UFC 221 is happening in Perth.

The issue may become political, I believe the new government was pro MMA whereas the outgoing were anti. I guess the UFC needs to get their thinking caps on, it's an issue that's not going away. No easy solution as far as I can see though.

* Actually mma was legal but the cage was illegal.

 

[Better Every Day]

* Actually mma was legal but the cage was illegal.

I had heard of that, but it had always just seemed silly to me... like they were conflating using a cage with holding fights to the death as in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome or something.

 

[WingsLax9042]

I haven't lost that excitement. To be honest, I am usually more excited about Invicta cards than UFC cards.

Right there with ya... except take out "usually"

I've even been skipping most recent UFC cards and watching all the WMMA fights off them later.

Also watching my first season of TUF live since season 2.

I'm in the process of watching pretty much every fight/card EVER on Fightpass.... I started a few years ago with UFC 1, and now I'm up to 2009, which is right when WMMA really picked up and Gina was all the rage.... and its FUCKING GLORIOUS. haha.

 

[azze240]

Lately, I've found myself missing the days before WMMA went mainstream. I don't know about anyone else, but I enjoyed those sketchy Invicta streams (with the live comment box on the side.) Staying glued to the computer for 2+ hours as they would just run the fights back to back. Watching the WMMARoundUp pre and post-fight videos. I wasn't around for the early WMMA scene, but I sure enjoyed the period right before UFC started women's divisions. I kind of wonder what would've happened had UFC bought Invicta (letting Knapp still run the show) and just had it as the women's league. Just seems like a lot of the fighters in BOTH orgs aren't terribly active. Maybe the novelty just wore off for me, but I miss being excited for the entire week leading up to an Invicta card.

This, times alot

 

[Askafan]

I had heard of that, but it had always just seemed silly to me... like they were conflating using a cage with holding fights to the death as in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome or something.

Probably something like that, but I suppose it served the same purpose as an outright ban.