How to make Women's MMA HUGE

 By Traverse Davies

Once upon a time, there weren't enough lightweights to form a real division in the UFC therefore, the UFC stopped having a lightweight division for a while. Of course, Dana White finds lightweight fights interesting, so he made sure that people knew a lightweight division would come back to the UFC. The fifth season of The Ultimate Fighter aimed at bringing in enough lightweights that a division could be formed.

Right now Dana White claims that there aren't enough women to form a division in the UFC. I see a roster of talented women fighting at 135Ibs in other promotions and their fights are incredibly entertaining to watch. The problem is, none of the fighters are that well known by casual fans however, airing a season of The Ultimate Fighter with popular coaches would change that in a heartbeat. The coaches wouldn't need to be women, in fact it would be better if they were established UFC fighters (The Ultimate Fighter always tries to have well known rivals as coaches. This would draw viewers in who wouldn't necessarily be familiar with the female contestants), so male by definition. It would be interesting and the house dynamics would possibly be very different from what we are used to seeing (would we still get the inevitable drunken house destruction? I'm not sure).

It's time for an all female season of the The Ultimate Fighter and don't call it Ms. Ultimate Fighter or The Ultimate Femme Fighter, just call it The Ultimate Fighter: The Women.