UFC women’s straw weight division to debut in July
Claudia Gadelha and Tina Lahdemaki have verbally agreed to a bout at UFC Fight Night on July 16 in Atlantic City, sources told FOX Sports.
The UFC had previously announced that the next season of the Ultimate Fighter would feature all women to determine the promotion’s first ever straw weight champion.
What is new news is that the division will actually begin before the show takes place, with the first women’s straw weight fight taking place this July:
The new UFC women’s strawweight division will debut next month.
Claudia Gadelha and Tina Lahdemaki have verbally agreed to a bout at UFC Fight Night on July 16 in Atlantic City, sources told FOX Sports. The card will air on FOX Sports 1. Women’s strawweight is the second female weight class added to the UFC in two years. UFC officials have confirmed the bout.
