By now, you’ve probably seen the infamous TMZ video of Dana White asserting that he wouldn’t allow women to fight in the UFC. It was January 11, 2011, and the UFC boss was leaving a restaurant when he was approached by paparazzi. One of them blurted out the question: “When are we gonna see women in the UFC?” “Never,” White responded, repeating himself before stepping into a black SUV. “Never.” It was a weird assertion from White, which raised eyebrows for all the wrong reasons and understandably so. At the time, current Bellator president Scott Coker was doing big things with women’s MMA in Strikeforce with big names such as Gina Carano, Cris Cyborg, Ronda Rousey , Miesha Tate, and a host of other female fighters
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