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Strikeforce to dissolve heavyweight division; women here to stay
From UFC President Dana White: We’ll be doing 6-8 events a year and we’ll be focusing on key weight-classes and…
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Chris Palmquist
From UFC President Dana White:
We’ll be doing 6-8 events a year and we’ll be focusing on key weight-classes and the women’s division. We’ll focus on the weight divisions that are strong. The heavyweight division isn’t deep enough so we’ll do away with the Strikeforce heavyweight division. The women’s division is very popular and we’re gonna keep it.
The Strikeforce heavyweight division still has some unfinished business and as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Showtime Sports Stephen Espinoza explained, the network wants to tie a ribbon on the heavyweight grand prix tournament.
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