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Invicta Fighting Championships in early 2012 became one of the first major women's pro mma organisations. [43] [44] Ronda Rousey became the first woman fighter signed to the UFC in November 2012, and was promoted to the division's bantamweight champion. She successfully defended her title in the first UFC women's fight against Liz Carmouche at ...
This is a list of women's firsts noting the first time that a woman ... featured not only the first women's fight in UFC history but also the ... in boxing. [165 ...
Claressa Maria Shields [1] (born March 17, 1995) is an American professional boxer and professional mixed martial artist.She has held multiple world championships in five weight classes, including the undisputed female light middleweight title in March 2021; the undisputed female middleweight title twice between 2019 and 2024; the World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation ...
A little over a year later, the UFC announced they would be expanding their weight classes for female fighters with the addition of a women's strawweight division, [11] the first bout took place at UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Miller. [12]
[14] [81] UFC President Dana White officially announced at the UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz pre-fight press conference that Rousey was the first UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion. Rousey originally opposed using the nickname her friends gave her, "Rowdy", feeling it would be disrespectful to professional wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper .
The first women's boxing match to headline Madison Square Garden, described as the 'biggest women's fight of all time', [28] was held on April 30, 2022, between Katie Taylor and Serrano, with Taylor's undisputed lightweight titles on the line. [29] [30] Taylor defeated Serrano by split decision in what was named Fight of the Year by Sports ...
On 9 August 2024, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defeated Yang Liu of China in the final to win an Olympic gold medal. [37] [38] Khelif therefore became Algeria's first female gold medalist in boxing, as well as the country's first boxer of any gender to win a medal since Mohamed Allalou in 2000 [39] and the first to win a gold medal since Hocine Soltani in 1996.
UFC has added a women's strawweight division that is set at 115 lbs. [4] Carla Esparza became the inaugural UFC Women's Strawweight Champion at The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale on December 12, 2014. The Association of Boxing Commissions officially added the 115 lb strawweight division on July 29, 2015. [5] [6]