I addressed this on the edit:
The fundamental issue here is that women and men are just physically very different, this is an obvious point but it’s bizarrely being ignored when the topic of women’s mma comes up. Men naturally have the musculoskeletal structure and the quick burst athletic dexterity that makes MMA and some other sports much more compelling to watch. There’s nothing women can do about that, it’s a physical limitation. A few exceptions will break through of course, Nunes, schevchenko, Rose, etc. But not enough to sustain a competitive women’s division, therefore women’s mma will never be a compelling product (on the whole).