Over the last year, veteran fighter Felice Herrig has quietly transformed from being part-fighter, part-social media personality to a legitimate contender in the UFC's strawweight division. And at UFC Fight Night 112, she posted what could be the best win of her 12-year combat sports career in her under-the-radar bout with Justine Kish.
But why has that transformation been quiet? Why was her fight under the radar? According to Herrig, it's because she doesn't fit into the UFC's narrow mold of a "promotable" female fighter.
"I think that I had one bad performance, and because I’m a veteran in this sport you can’t look at me as this new up-and-comer that they can be like, 'This girl is going to be the next big thing,'" she said in the UFC Fight Night 112 post-fight press conference (via MMAFighting.