The UFC is currently home to 12 different weight classes. Four of which belong to the female competitors. That’s also four more than was ever expected 10 years ago.<\/p>\n
In the UFC, the lowest division for the men is 125-pounds with the flyweight division. For the women, it’s 115-pounds with strawweight. There is<\/em> a men’s strawweight division outside of the UFC but it’s almost exclusively seen in Asia and unlikely to ever end up in the UFC.<\/p>\n As for the women, their lowest division is the 105-pound atomweight division which actually has a pretty solid amount of talent around the world ranging from the likes of Rizin standouts, Rena Kubota,\u00a0Ayaka Hamasaki, and Kanna Asakura to former UFC strawweight and current Road FC champion Seo Hee Ham. Then there’s Invicta FC’s division which includes the likes Minna Grusander and current champion Jihn Yu Frey among others.<\/p>\n It isn’t crazy to imagine the division finding itself in the UFC one day but it doesn’t seem to be something that is really on the minds of anyone. Except for some of the current UFC\u00a0strawweights. One of which being the inaugural UFC and Invicta strawweight champion, Carla Esparza who recently made it clear that she believes it’s time for the UFC to add a fifth female weight class.<\/p>\n\n