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I mean, not many people would really miss Seo Hee Ham, Alex Chambers or even Carla Esparza at SW if they moved to AW.
The LAST thing I'd worry about is defections from 115. It is by FAR the most stacked WMMA division. It's taken less than a year for Invicta to build it back up and the UFC has competitive non TUF20 talent kicking ass already.
105 could take half the talent from the UFC 115 division and it would rebuild it in a MONTH. I can't say the same about 135 if a 125 division is formed.
And I think the 125 lb division in the UFC isn't as far off as people (like Dana) say it is. I mean, he said "Never" and like within that year it happened. Skilled female fighters are popping up out of the woodwork.
On Cutler, agreed. I hope she goes back to flyweight, gets a win or two, and gets into Invicta.
Agreed on the expression. DOH.
You'll be interested in this:
5-16 105 Kyra Batara (1-2-0) US vs. Celine Haga (6-12-0) NO (US) at Fusion Fight League.
Agreed, Calie can still get picked up by Invicta with win or two. I feel like she is in the same league with KGB or Corso or Cooper - very talented, potentially a title contender at flyweight.
Well, Thirdpres, that is very good news (Yay!). Celine has been in limbo since last summer, so I am very happy to see her get a fight. Do you know how I can watch this one? (Just watch youtube afterwards, I guess?)
Jarl
P.S. [below] Thanks for the info and link, Thirdpres.
Check out the article I wrote about Raquel Pa'aluhi who's fighting Ediane Gomes in Invicta 12! http://mmasucka.com/2015/04/14/raquel-paaluhi-will-prove-her-heart-is-champion-at-invicta-fc-12/
Raquel Pa
Nice article, Roxanne. I`ve been watching Raquel since the McMann fight and she has always been a scrapper. But, she really made me a fan in her comeback win over Young. She took such a beating in the first round - part of me didn`t want her to come out for the 2nd round - but she did, and really turned it around. It was inspiring to watch. But, she`ll have her hands full with Gomes. This is a very tough match-up and will test her bjj skills big time. If Pa`aluhi can pick up the win though, it would be her best win to date and could lead to bigger and better things.
Jarl
P.S. Thanks Battery! Maybe only you can appreciate all of this GIF's awesomeness (and maybe Roxanne can too)! (Yay!) (Thanks to the 2nd emperor of Rome for his great GIF making skills)
P.P.S. @Thirdpres, Albaquerque vs. Duarte is a pretty big fight. The winner pretty much has to be brought in to Invicta.
That being said, the title picture in this division is going to be very interesting. Gadelha just dropped out of a fight (for the third time in 5 scheduled matchups), Carla is taking time off to do some traveling and seminars (and people wrote her off way too quickly after the loss), JoJo just lost, and Rose, still ranked high, has no real chance.
Let's not forget, Joanna will be defending her title, and we have no idea how well she does once she's already at the top. Any fighter who has held gold will tell you, it's hard to stay the champ than it is to become the champ.
Below are my views on the current title picture in UFC straw weight division, quoted from a thread asking how JoJo would fare against Joanna J:
Invicta FC president Shannon Knapp broke the news exclusively to talkingbrawlsmma.com: