As the champion goes, so goes the division. For the women’s featherweight class in the UFC, that could mean the end is near.
Following the first title defense of her 145-pound championship against Felicia Spencer two weeks ago, Amanda Nunes mentioned the possibility of retirement citing a lack of immediate challenges and impending motherhood. Given that she currently holds both the UFC featherweight and bantamweight titles, her absence would leave two divisions without a champion.
The women’s featherweight division has lacked depth since its inception (the UFC does not even have a contenders’ rankings for the weight class), and at a media scrum on Friday in Las Vegas, Dana White was frank when asked if it would go on without Nunes.