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Liz Carmouche Wants a Flyweight Division in The UFC (My Thoughts)

Liz Carmouche Wants a Flyweight Division in The UFC (My Thoughts) Liz Carmouche made headlines weeks ago in stating she wants a Flyweight Division in The UFC, and I can't blame her at all! There's so many entertaining fighters put there alREADY at 125! I made a few Flyweight Prospect Articles just to support that, but why do I believe we need a Flyweight Division in The UFC? Liz Carmouche brings up very valid points. She doesn't hardly have to cut any weight to make 135, and is small at Bantamweight. She brings up a great point in that she's a perfect fit for a Flyweight Division. She believes she will claim the division by being dominant at Flyweight, and I can't argue that because she's fought and even beaten some of the best at 135 including wins over Valentina Shevchenko, Jessica Andrade (now Strawweight), always tough Lauren Murphy, and Former Top 5 Flyweight Katlyn Chookagian,  She's fought and already beat some of the best at 135, so

The History of The Atomweight (105lb's) Division (2001-2017)

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The History of The Atomweight Division The Legend Years (Satoko Shinashi, Hisae Watanabe, and Miku Matsumoto) The Atomweight Division today still stands as the most underappreciated division in all of MMA. With Atomweights gaining more and more deserved recognition(Happened in 2012 which I will get to later in the article), I figured this would be an AMAZING time to celebrate the HISTORY of the most underrated and one of my all-time favorite divisions in the history of MMA. Satoko Shinashi (35-3) -  A feared grappler, she'd take her foes down submitting them easily. She was dominant. She'd have a win streak that would rival Legend and feared grappler herself, Megumi Fujii. This win streak extended all the way to  (21-0) (Undefeated - 2001-2006).  That's CRAZY to think about especially in a time when the sport was dominated by men in which today we're starting to see an equal field more and more as time goes on. She'd have her first fight/MMA Debut in a Ja