My goodness, you totally missed my point. The cap on men who have the physical ability, the speed and power, it’s simply MUCH higher. Men are naturally endowed with these physical gifts due to biological differences. The number of women with the requisite physical attributes is far far far lower. That’s why you can’t just go out and find a dozen Valentina’s or Amanda’s. But you can easily find 3 dozen male LW studs who would all make a killer division.There's a hard cap on men with the athletic abilities of professional mma fighters as well
The point is to get more of those exceptions into the sport. I know you think you make amazing points but they don't make sense at all.
First thing I thought of.Uh... Invicta?
I NEVER said athletics were the most important thing, don’t straw man my argument. Athletic ability is a necessary but not sufficient attribute to make a compelling fighter. Martial skill is a necessary but not sufficient attribute to make a compelling fighter. The great & entertaining female fighters have and need both attributes to be compelling. Women can improve skills but they can’t change their physiology, there will always be a low limit on the # of women that are sufficiently gifted athletically to produce a compelling cross over fighter. Men have a MUCH higher limit of folks like that therefore a much deeper talent pool. There is a physical limitation at play here that will never be resolved.
Nobody cares about Invicta, just having the name "ufc" attached to it will make it more popular because at this point the ufc is so big it's become synonymous with mma
Just from looking it up quick, it looks like it's anywhere from 1/4 to almost half of yearly revenue. 15 mil from nba, 20 mil from tickets & merch + 25 mil TV contract from ESPN(I'm not sure if that is yearly or spread out through however many seasons).
The UFC is in the buisness of making money
To do that they require stars. People who headline cards and attract viewers. Fighters of repute. Names.
Even if WMMA overall can be pretty low-level.
Stars are as likely to spring from the female divisions as they do the males ones. Valentina, Weili, Namajunas, etc. These are all solid assets of the UFC.
As long as that equation remains I think the UFC will stick with WMMA.
Besides.
You say no to this face.
You make his point perfectly.
No one watches Invicta.
I'm pretty sure the point he is making is this:
WMMA would have no audience if not for UFC. People watch WMMA because it is part of UFC cards.
At the base level, I disagree with Sean.
I respect committed dedicated female mixed martial artists. I see no harm in providing them a top venue for competition.
The downside is occasional gifs like Rowdy shadow-boxing, etc.
The upside is occasional phenomena like Rose beating two opponents she could never beat. Twice. Each. Still an unbelievable accomplishment.
Reality: No one watches Invicta. Female martial artists should have access and exposure at top venues. There's no harm in it. And UFC does a pretty good job: at least half the fights are real fights between opponents who possess real skills.
