All-female promotion has big plans for 2011
A new all-female mixed martial arts promotion has emerged in the United States. GirlFight Global, based in Boston, Massachusetts, has…
A new all-female mixed martial arts promotion has emerged in the United States. GirlFight Global, based in Boston, Massachusetts, has formed big plans for MMA’s women’s division and intends to hold its first event in the coming months. That event is targeted for Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The promotion is also planning to hold an eight-woman tournament at 125 pounds next year, which will feature many of the top female fighters in the division from all over the world. A fight between top star Tara LaRosa and former Smackgirl champ Takayo Hashi is already in the works.
Founded by CEO Curtis McMillan, GirlFight Global is designed to provide female fighters with a platform to compete in front of large audiences against the best competition in the division. McMillan, along with business partner John Ippolito and others, has lofty goals for women’s MMA and maintains a plan to bring the female division to the forefront of the sport. McMillan and Ippolito, the founder of The Sports International Group of Companies, previously worked together in successfully promoting concerts. The two have now shifted their focus to women’s MMA; something which both see great potential in.
McMillan, himself, was once of the belief that there weren’t enough top female fighters to promote the division in a way that developed prospects into stars and established veterans into household names. However, after speaking with female mixed martial artists and identifying areas where women’s MMA has not been properly promoted, McMillan now feels that elite female fighters deserve to be recognised and acknowledged for their skills and accomplishments in the same manner that MMA’s top male fighters already are. This belief led to the formation of GirlFight Global.
