Written by Rick Snavely at MMA Manifesto
Recently, there have been grumblings that the women in the UFC are being overlooked by the brass. A few female fighters have spoken of having to sit out for months while waiting for fight offers. Others have pointed out that bout scheduling has been disproportionately biased towards the men.
For this article, I set out to determine whether the UFC has actually shown bias against scheduling female fighters. I would assume that there should be, on average, at least one female fight for each card. That said, I can name multiple cards this year that didn’t feature a single women’s matchup.
Despite this possible discrepancy with women’s matches, Ronda Rousey and Joanna Jedrzejczyk have enjoyed active schedules throughout the year and have obtained considerable fan interest.
And, with the UFC’s two women’s champions routinely shredding through the competition, I’m doubtful that the UFC wouldn’t want to keep the money machines’ gears greased with new challengers (by scheduling women’s fights). Factor in the influx of women that are being added to or are returning to the UFC’s active roster, and the imperative to make sure that the women are getting their fair share of matches becomes even more pressing.
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