Things got out of hand quickly for the UFC’s inaugural women’s featherweight title. The first championship fight in the division, between Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie, was marred by controversy over a pair of questionable blows at the bell. And from that rocky foundation, a house of cards was built.
That house finally came tumbling down this last week when the UFC announced that it was stripping Germaine De Randamie of her featherweight title with plans to crown the winner of Cris Cyborg vs. Megan Anderson as the new champion at UFC 214.