There was a time when Zoila Frausto was beating them all.
You have to take a step back, all the way to 2010 when Frausto (then known as Zoila Gurgel from her marriage to fellow fighter Jorge Gurgel) was one of eight women vying to become the inaugural Bellator champion at 115 pounds. Bellator was months away from being purchased by Viacom, but it was on its way to becoming the No. 2 promotion in North America, jockeying for position with Strikeforce behind the all-enveloping UFC.
So becoming the first female champion of a rising, nationally broadcast promotion was a big deal any way you slice it, even more so when you consider the names that Frausto fought and beat in the tournament.