It was just announced by the UFC that they have added a 115 pound straw-weight women’s division. UFC’s twitter account announced big news. First revealing that they had acquired 11 fighter contracts from Invicta, then they tweeted the names of each of those 11 straw-weight fighters.
Then came the news that all 11 fighters will compete in The Ultimate Fighter season 20 in May. The winner of that season will be the UFC’s first women’s straw-weight champion.
Read the big announcements and a comment from Dana White below:
BIG news for #WMMA: the UFC has been assigned 11 strawweight contracts from @InvictaFights
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— UFC (@ufc) December 12, 2013
In May, those 11 strawweights will compete on season 20 of TUF; the winner of the season will become the UFC strawweight champion — UFC (@ufc) December 12, 2013
Welcome to the UFC, @CarlaEsparza1 @feliceherrig @TeciaTorres @RowdyBec @rosenamajunas @ClaudiaGadelha_ @julianalimabh — UFC (@ufc) December 12, 2013
our new strawweights continued: @badmofo_jojo @EmilyPKagan @PAIGEVANZANT and @alexchambersmma!
— UFC (@ufc) December 12, 2013
11 strawweights from @InvictaFights to compete on #TUF20; winner becomes first UFC 115-lb. champion http://t.co/TTqJYIuWCr
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— UFC News (@UFCNews) December 12, 2013
just announced a new women’s 115lb division. We have signed 11 women and they will be the first all women’s season of TUF. Congrats ladies
— Dana White (@danawhite) December 12, 2013