It was a week after the first women’s fight in UFC history that Rosi Sexton ‘s coach asked her what she was up to these days. What he meant was, did she want to put on 10 pounds and try to fight in the octagon? “I thought, OK,” Sexton (13-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) with a tone of mock skepticism. “We could run with it.” That’s just what said manager did. A call to UFC matchmakers led to a call in April with an invite to compete at UFC 161 against Alexis Davis (13-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC). After 11 years of fighting on the regional circuit and just beneath the biggest fight promotion on the planet, Sexton had arrived
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