Invicta FC President Shannon Knapp taking road less traveled to build women’s MMA

In Shannon Knapp’s estimation, women’s MMA isn’t quite as bad off as some critics would lead us to believe.

And she’s going to go about doing what she can to push the women’s side of the game forward, developing fighters and changing attitudes until …

In Shannon Knapp’s estimation, women’s MMA isn’t quite as bad off as some critics would lead us to believe.

And she’s going to go about doing what she can to push the women’s side of the game forward, developing fighters and changing attitudes until people can only vaguely remember a time when depth was an issue.

Knapp, the president of Invicta Fighting Championship, differs slightly from UFC President Dana White, who long has maintained there isn’t enough depth in women’s MMA.