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The UFC needs to be the premier organization at every relevant weight class, so atomweight is a problem, likewise 145 - surely you have to employ the baddest woman on the planet?
At the moment they have Nunes, but what happens when she retires? Dumont v Letson for the vacant belt? The Bellator shills would have a field day. My solution, scrap 145 and open 155. OK there are less available fighters than at featherweight, but so what. Kayla vs Claressa would be huge, plus the rematch and then Harrison v Shields 3. That's the first two years taken care of, three if we're on Rose time.
Something similar at 105, with these rival organizations and their classy rosters. Solution don't compete, ignore, open Super Atomweight. Easier for the small girls on the present roster to move down and while the rivals might have atomweight, the UFC would have SUPER atomweight, that's obviously the superior product.
At the moment they have Nunes, but what happens when she retires? Dumont v Letson for the vacant belt? The Bellator shills would have a field day. My solution, scrap 145 and open 155. OK there are less available fighters than at featherweight, but so what. Kayla vs Claressa would be huge, plus the rematch and then Harrison v Shields 3. That's the first two years taken care of, three if we're on Rose time.
Something similar at 105, with these rival organizations and their classy rosters. Solution don't compete, ignore, open Super Atomweight. Easier for the small girls on the present roster to move down and while the rivals might have atomweight, the UFC would have SUPER atomweight, that's obviously the superior product.