Filed under: UFC, Strikeforce
Of all the Strikeforce fighters who are struggling to figure out what the sale of their employer to its biggest rival will mean for them, it’s the women on the roster who are in perhaps the most precarious position.
Despite UFC president Dana White’s assurances that it’s “business as usual” for Strikeforce after being purchased by Zuffa, the female fighters now find themselves working for a company that is owned in part by a man who isn’t a big fan of what they bring to the table. As you can imagine, it’s a situation that makes some of them very nervous about the future of women’s MMA in general, as well as for their own jobs.
“I am a little worried,” said 135-pound Strikeforce fighter Miesha Tate. “I just don’t know what’s going to happen. Now we’re all under Zuffa, and the one man who’s the big voice there can’t appreciate women’s fighting.”