Everything you need to know about this weekend’s UFC 208 fight between Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie for the first ever UFC women’s featherweight championship.
Overview
For the first time since December 2014, the UFC is introducing a new weight class, the women’s featherweight division. The need for more women’s divisions in MMA and the UFC has been a central debate for years, and the new women’s 145-pound division came into existence with an eye towards building around women’s MMA icon Cris Cyborg. The Invicta FC featherweight champion wasn’t ready to cut weight, forcing her out of the inaugural title bout.