These days, there are two main ways athletes can onboard the UFC roster. The first and most frequent way is to earn your UFC paperwork on Dana White’s Contender Series. The second recurrent option is to take a short-notice fight when someone falls out of a scheduled bout. While the rule is not hard-and-fast, individual regular-notice signings are unusual. That’s why a recent signing spree of over a half-dozen athletes to the women’s divisions over the past couple of weeks is even more obtuse.
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Meet the 7 new fighters added to the UFC women’s divisions – MMA Junkie