Matt Brown argues ‘honeymoon’ is over for women’s MMA in UFC: ‘I don’t find the fights nearly as exciting’

Valentina Shevchenko and Alexa Grasso | Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images

Over the past 12 years, the UFC has headlined 16 different pay-per-view events with a women’s fight with Ronda Rousey and Amanda Nunes ahead of the crowd by a wide margin with six main events each.

But with UFC 315 days away, and a flyweight title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Manon Fiorot serving as the co-main event, it’s been nearly two years since a women’s fight has headlined a PPV event (Nunes vs.