5 Things We Learned From First Ever UFC Women's Strawweight Fight

3. For Smaller Fighters, They Still Have Power

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RReyvokvjDE Despite being smaller fighters, the strawweights do have some solid strikes. Some fans might not have bought that comment when the announce team was trying to sell it in the first round - a bit of ground and pound by Gadelha on her opponent looked anything but decimating - but towards the end of the third, Tina Lahdemaki knew she had to go all out. A stoppage was going to be her only hope of winning. So when she began to swing away, eating kicks in exchange for landing punches - well, that sold me. Those were some heavy shots for a girl weighing in at 115lbs. No, you're not going to see heavyweight style, stiff-as-a-board knockouts running rampant throughout the women's strawweight division in the UFC. You wouldn't be surprised, however, if at some point we get the WMMA equivalent of a John Dodson.