I’ve been looking around several answers about female mma, and most seem to believe the women mma doesn’t attract the numbers. But looking at fighters like Gina Carano, isn’t it reasonable to think that a women’s division could attract a following in UFC? Isn’t the a big part of EliteXC surviving because of Carano/Santos?
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October 10th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Women’s MMA doesn’t have a big following. It’s more like Gina Carano has a big following. They’d probably only consider it if they could find a girl as hot as her. Even then, I doubt they’ll open a female division. It’s far too fringe to be lucrative.
October 10th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Dana White has gone on record of saying he doesn’t want womens mma right now. This is what Dana has said about female mma in the Baltimore Sun:
“I’m not a huge fan of women fighting. Period. Not to say that I don’t acknowledge that there are amazing female athletes out there in every sport. I just think right now we had a hard enough time getting over the stigma of the men.”
Elite XC is surviving because Showtime is helping them pay off their debt. Not that Gina doesn’t help sell Elite XC but its really Kimbo that sells their product. If you go back to the Elite XC event in July 26th even with Gina on the fight card, it didn’t do that well. But their first event with Kimbo did great.
October 10th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I think it’s inevitable that it will eventually happen. There is too much talent out there for it to be ignored. And now with the whole Kimbo disaster, they will be looking to put a new card up that excites people.