The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held a media call today to help promote their upcoming UFC 157 card on Feb. 23 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. UFC 157 is a historic event for the UFC and the sport of mixed martial arts in that it will mark the first female fight in the organization’s history.
Participating in today’s conference call were UFC 157 headliners Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche, and co-headliners Dan Henderson and Lyoto Machida. Carmouche will challenge Rousey for her UFC women’s bantamweight (135 pounds) title, while Henderson and Machida, the No.2 and No. 3 ranked light heavyweights (205 pounds), will battle it out for title contention.
Topics of discussion included the two Olympians’ (Rousey and Henderson) thoughts on wrestling being removed from the Olympics, Rousey’s thoughts on Cris Cyborg asking for release from her UFC contract, Henderson’s thoughts on the women headlining the card, how the ladies are handling the pressure of being in the main event spotlight in the first-ever women’s UFC fight and much much more.
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