Hard to believe, but the UFC women’s strawweight division will (officially) turn three this year. It’s actually been a lot of fun sorting it out, especially with the original bundle of straws being dropped into the aquarium reality of The Ultimate Fighter franchise like a kind of divisional meet-and-greet. That season — the most compelling in years — gave rise to Angela Hill (today’s Twitter titan), the confectionary duo of Bec Rawlings and Angela Magana (still double trouble), Carla Esparza (the original champ), Joanne Calderwood (all subtitles and volume adjustment) and Felice Herrig (nobody rolled her eyes better).
The evolution of Rose Namajunas runs as deep as the strawweight division
