UFC president Dana White was once opposed to the idea of female fighters competing in the Octagon. All of that changed, he said, when he came across Ronda Rousey in the early 2010’s.
Women’s MMA has since exploded, and many cards are now headlined by female fighters. In a recent Hashtag Sports session, White was proud of how the UFC became a platform of equality for male and female athletes.
“If you think about in all other sports what they talk about is ‘if women play golf, they hit from shorter tees’, there’s always some excuse about women playing a sport,” White said (via MMA Fighting).