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Super Fight League, an Indian MMA promotion, have been holding female strawweight fights at 105-115 pounds / 52.2 kilograms since SFL 17 in May 2013. [2] In Japan, Shooto regularly holds contests at that weight class and circulates a championship belt for the division. [3] UFC has added a women's strawweight division that is set at 115 lbs. [4]
The Global Fight League (GFL), originally announced as the World Fight League (WFL), launches in April 2025. GFL was founded by Darren Owen, who serves as the league's acting commissioner, and Arun Parimi, who serves as the league's chief operating officer, with the backing of Scott Parker, who serves as the chief marketing officer, and Jeffrey Pollack, who is the GFL's senior advisor.
The GFL is an American mixed martial arts league founded by venture capitalist Darren Owen in 2024 and will be launched in April 2025. [1] The league had a draft that kickstarted the promotion on January 24, 2025 and its first season is set to launch in April 2025 where teams will be city-based.
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of competitive combat sport, akin to boxing, muay thai, or kick boxing. MMA titles, or championship belts, are given to those fighters deemed by a promotional organization to have met a certain standard of athletic accomplishment in a specific weight class (most often by means of a championship fight ...
Carla Kristen Esparza [4] (born October 10, 1987) is an American former professional mixed martial artist and wrestler who most recently competed in the women's Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in which she is the former two-time UFC Women's Strawweight Champion.
Rose Gertrude Namajunas [7] (born June 29, 1992) is an American professional mixed martial artist.She currently competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and is a former two-time UFC Women's Strawweight Champion.
Sedric Louissaint knows what it’s like to have to fight for opportunities. A professional mixed martial arts fighter (MMA), Louissaint started his mixed martial arts journey in his early teens ...
As the first bout of her new six-fight contract, Yan faced former UFC Women's Strawweight champion Jéssica Andrade on May 6, 2023, at UFC 288. [41] [42] [43] She won the fight via knockout in the first round. [44] Yan faced Zhang Weili for the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship on April 13, 2024, at UFC 300. [45] She lost the bout by ...