In 2022, fight fans couldn’t imagine the UFC without champions like Valentina Shevchenko or Amanda Nunes. But on this day, Feb.23, only nine years ago, Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche stepped into the Octagon at the sold-out UFC 157.
That day, the two women made history as not only the first-ever women’s mixed martial arts fight in the UFC but the first-ever female main event in the promotion. MMASucka looks back upon that historic day.
“Women will never fight in the UFC.”
UFC president Dana White famously uttered these words to TMZ while being bombarded by the press.