Danielle Taylor, mentioned earlier in this thread, when will we see her in Invicta or the UFC? Current KOTC strawweight champ, 7-1 (she viciously avenged her only loss)... Pretty sure she's better than the majority of the strawweights in the UFC, and likely most all, if not all of Invictas. 
Gina is in Thailand with Zoila Frausto. Zoila has a fight coming up for the Glory Kickboxing tournament but does Gina have something coming up?
Sunkist1207 -Marloes is lucky she isn't Ronda. With that show of disrespect there would be a dozen threads ripping her to pieces by now.Alexis Dufresne is surprisingly realistic about her position in Bellator’s women’s featherweight division after pulling off the biggest victory of her career with an upset of Marloes Coenen at Bellator 155 earlier this month.
Dufresne (6-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) stepped in as an injury replacement for Julia Budd (8-2 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) in a fight meant to decide Bellator’s inaugural women’s 145-pound champion. Once Budd pulled out, however, the promotion changed the fight with Coenen (23-7 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) to a non-title affair.
The call to fight Coenen came with just two weeks to prepare after Dufresne had taken a 16-month layoff from the sport to give birth. Dufresne was five pounds overweight for the fight, which ruffled the feathers of her opponent. But she secured the triangle-armbar victory to join Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino and Miesha Tate as one of the few fighters to beat Coenen, a former Strikeforce champion, since 2009.
Although it was a career-altering win, Dufresne said she knows that missing weight took away some of the luster. What she doesn’t agree with, however, is that her additional weight aided her in the fight. She said she’s insulted by anyone who insinuates it did.
“I was a little over 174 pounds when Bellator called me (to take the fight),” Dufresne told MMAjunkie. “With my body not even being used to cutting anymore, it was quite a challenge getting down. I worked my ass off, I came up a little short, and I’m sorry. I wasn’t 10 pounds over weight, but I hear people making comments that it was the reason I won the fight. I mean, come on. Five pounds it not the reason I won the fight. If anything she was in better shape than me, and I won the fight off my back when the weight wasn’t on her.”
Dufresne said she understands being a target of criticism for missing weight. What didn’t sit well with her, though, she said, was the way Coenen conducted herself from weigh-ins to post-fight. Dufresne said she granted Coenen a favor by stepping in to fight on short notice and didn’t feel any gratitude in return.
“What everybody has to understand is I took this fight in two weeks’ notice so Marloes would have a fight,” Dufresne said. “She was somebody that I respected. I know how it feels to have opponents back out at the last minute after having a full training camp. I knew she had been training for a five-round fight, putting in a lot of work. I wasn’t afraid to back down from a fight.
“I hadn’t fought in over a year. I just had a baby. I got handed probably one of the toughest opponents I could have been handed. (She) was pretty disrespectful at the weigh-ins. I’m not a big fan of people who disrespect others like that. The entire time I maintained my cool. Even after the fight I tried to shake hands and help her up, but she was disrespectful, so there’s not much you can say about somebody like that. There’s no reason for her to act the way she did, disrespect me the way she did. Call me a stepping stone. She talked like I was just going to be a joke that she was going to walk right through. But one of my favorite things to do is prove people wrong.”
Dufresne, 25, certainly proved her doubters – and the oddsmakers – wrong. Despite being pegged as high as a 7-1 underdog, Dufresne wasted no time securing a first-round submission win. She said the result was no fluke and that she’s more than willing to book a rematch in order to prove it.
“I would love a rematch,” Dufresne said. “If people want me to have a rematch with her and make (145 pounds), that’s totally fine. As far as my fighting capability, I think I proved everybody wrong. I showed people what I’m capable of doing on two weeks’ notice after having a baby. I’m ready to show what I’m capable of on a full camp.”
If Dufresne had matchmaking authority, though, she said she wouldn’t book a Coenen rematch. Instead, she would reschedule the matchup between Coenen and Budd for Bellator’s inaugural 145-pound title. Despite the fact Coenen lost decisively to her, she said the legendary female fighter still deserves to compete for a belt.
“I thought the title fight would maybe be her and Julia Budd again since I didn’t make weight, and if that’s what they want to do that’s fine, I understand, and I’ll take another fight and beat that person,” Dufresne said. “I’ll show them I can make the weight. I don’t feel self-entitled to the championship belt yet. I’ve only fought once. If they feel I need to prove I have to make that weight I understand, and I’ll do a fight or two and prove I belong there.”
Dufresne even has her next opponent in mind if it’s not Coenen. She wants to fight Arlene Blencowe (7-5 MMA, 2-1 BMMA), who she was supposed to fight her Bellator debut more than one year ago before Dufresne took a hiatus.
“I did do my best, and I do feel I need to prove to fight fans I can make the weight before I can get that championship belt,” Dufresne said. “What would be the fair thing to do is let Julia and Marloes fight for the title and get me another fight. I want to fight Blencowe. I was supposed to fight her in my Bellator debut before I got pregnant. Nothing personal against her; it’s just unfinished business. I’d never pulled out of a fight, and that was the first. I definitely want that fight next.”
Congrats to Alexis on her win.
Ray Elbe -^ Rent. Free.
Sunkist1207 -Dana White @danawhite 2m2 minutes ago
McMann vs Eye up next! @FS1
UFC Fight Night 88 results: Sara McMann def. Jessica Eye via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Jessica Eye is now 1-4-1 in the UFC. She mentioned that she is supportive of a FLW division for the females but wouldn't consider making the drop without an I.V. I am wondering if she still feels the same after this fight
Lauren Murphy @LaurenMurphyMMA
"Oh...Ummm...Also...I'd like a title shot" Bitch u 2-3 in ur last 5, should be 1-4. & 2 of those were ??, 1 was a quick finish & 1 was BS.
Lauren vs Sara rematch?
Pannie vs Raquel..what say you?
Pannnie (above)
Raquel
judonoob -How dare Ray and Cyborg try to hype a fight against Ronda Rousey, and have the greatest fight / pay of her career!Ray Elbe -^ Rent. Free.
Sunkist1207 -I was on Eye's hype train and thought she would be the greatest next thing in the UFC.Sunkist1207 -Dana White @danawhite 2m2 minutes ago
McMann vs Eye up next! @FS1
UFC Fight Night 88 results: Sara McMann def. Jessica Eye via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Jessica Eye is now 1-4-1 in the UFC. She mentioned that she is supportive of a FLW division for the females but wouldn't consider making the drop without an I.V. I am wondering if she still feels the same after this fight
She has been a big letdown, sadly...
JustAnotherMMAFan -I too was on the hype train. Still a huge fan of hers (her snapchat is hilarious) but I really think that Tate fight took more out of her than even she realizes.Sunkist1207 -I was on Eye's hype train and thought she would be the greatest next thing in the UFC.Sunkist1207 -Dana White @danawhite 2m2 minutes ago
McMann vs Eye up next! @FS1
UFC Fight Night 88 results: Sara McMann def. Jessica Eye via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Jessica Eye is now 1-4-1 in the UFC. She mentioned that she is supportive of a FLW division for the females but wouldn't consider making the drop without an I.V. I am wondering if she still feels the same after this fight
She has been a big letdown, sadly...
Before that fight she looked absolutely dominate against Leslie smith and had beaten Kaufman. Then Tate cracked her. She fought really quickly against Peña and was a bit gun shy and got taken down. Now dropping 2 straight and fighting an Olympic wrestler she was afraid to engage and get put on her back. She really does need a confidence booster.
Sunkist1207 -Ask the casual fan to name the top 10 in any division much less every fight in one division.Koga - Sunkist, in this thread 6 months ago you took the position that the UFC was not "invested" in WMMA and expressed the opinion that Tate would have more career opportunities if she went to Bellator.
In light of the success that Ronda, JJ, Tate, Holly, Paige, Valenta, Nunes and even Cyborg have had for the UFC in the last six months, and in view of the fiasco of Bellator's failed attempt to have its first WMMA title fight, please remain us what your rational was and whether your views have changed.Koga
If you don't mind me asking, With the exception of Cris, How are you measuring the success of the names you mentioned? If the UFC was totally invested in WMMA you And every other forum member would be able to name every single female fighter on the UFC roster. Jessica and Sara M are fighting tomorrow yet how many of the casual fans even know that?
I mentioned that Miesha would do well in Bellator because she was contemplating retirement because the UFC passed her over for the title shot. If you want to quote me, please provide accurate quotes.
Julia Budd was forced out of the title fight due to an injury. That doesn't mean that Bellator have abandoned plans for the title fight.