A century ago, women were literally fighting in the streets of London for their rights.
With the Octagon hosting its first ever women's fight, it is worth noting that despite all the UFC's promotional talk of resistance to women's mixed martial arts, there has been a remarkable lack of controversy regarding this match, outside of its perceived uncompetiveness. That two women should be able to compete in the sport and in the UFC if they so wish is apparently the overwhelmingly prevalent view. It would seem that the bigger story is not that women are breaking down another barrier but that society has moved so far ahead that it really isn't that big of story after all.