Women fighting in the UFC seemed like an outrageous concept just a few years ago, but a meeting between UFC president Dana White and then-Strikeforce champion Ronda Rousey in 2012 changed everything. Women’s mixed martial arts had been around for a long time. There had been all-women fight cards and all-women promotions. Women had headlined fight cards on CBS and Showtime, drawing excellent ratings. The UFC was late to the game when it came to including women on fight cards, and former Invicta FC atomweight champion and TUF 20 cast member Jessica Penne feels women should have been in the biggest MMA fight promotion a long time ago
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TUF 20 Contestant Jessica Penne Says Women in the UFC Was Long Overdue – MMA Weekly