LAS VEGAS — Valerie Letourneau was present at the Ultimate Fighter 26 tryouts, but was not there to take her spot in a women’s flyweight division she has been pleading with the UFC to add for years.
Just weeks after Letourneau, the poster girl for hard weight cuts to 115 pounds, signed with Bellator, the UFC announced it would be adding a women’s 125-pound division and crowning its first champion via TUF 26. She has every right to be bitter about it, but she’s not, she told MMA Fighting.
“I can’t be mad at the UFC for doing the right thing,” said Letourneau, who was at tryouts to support American Top Team training partner Trisha Cicero.