 Is UFC women’s flyweight division on its way to being best in MMA?

After whenever being condemned as the most fragile division in ladies' MMA,

[{"selector":"#anim-411d78af-3f8e-4bdd-bfd0-cdafaa3faee9 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-46.79840662112001%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-227e9428-802a-4103-89f3-001a2ddd7f8d","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.18988%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-fa241dc2-a00b-4ed4-8a54-d438a08922a2","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-939af7a2-affd-4511-b7e7-a3dc6c54e476","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Credit: Getty Images Credit: Getty Images

the UFC flyweight division is flourishing after a dazzling title change at UFC 285

[{"selector":"#anim-9757704f-6132-447c-bbf2-1462c88eaa80 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-52.05614249009612%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-58e6fc91-8fbd-46f7-a4f6-51621498958f","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.18988%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-20b39e78-ae62-436a-8c29-56193ef89930","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1c93a9af-c070-466c-8cb4-618c43a8d7cb","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Credit: Getty Images Credit: Getty Images

when Alexa Grasso upset Valentina Shevchenko to guarantee gold.

[{"selector":"#anim-55865ee5-8716-4aa2-97a6-176f9e06dcd6 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.249999886225726%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-30cf6c07-6873-40c8-91e6-b946b6ee2621","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.50632%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-436b22ae-10f1-479b-af20-716ff165b503","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e4236e87-41ef-4791-af31-398d7199a4e9","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Credit: Getty Images Credit: Getty Images

With Grasso (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) presently holding the privileged position,

[{"selector":"#anim-2f10cc55-0862-4ae2-8396-2d8864db4535 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(23.019301418564737%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ccef9b36-67b5-430d-9a21-fb0e8211d096","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.18988%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1cbd00e9-27b9-4376-89cb-76de7be8e67d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8884a54a-1941-4431-afea-cbc9a6f38abd","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Credit: Getty Images Credit: Getty Images

the ladies' 125-pound weight class is more convincing than any other time in recent memory with Shevchenko (23-4 MMA, 12-3 UFC)

[{"selector":"#anim-7982c308-6a59-4cb1-a82a-e23e754792e8 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-44.84374978002455%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-545512d5-0a50-480c-b038-6be022bd0635","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.18988%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-fea132ec-b78b-449f-869f-e953a8842ab0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0dc2a388-5871-437a-8376-2e7ce9c3c205","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Credit: Getty Images Credit: Getty Images

sitting in the competitor section close by any semblance of the exceptionally,

[{"selector":"#anim-24bc8f51-05cd-4c39-b9e9-74c1d377f381","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-115.18988%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7bd20f01-52a3-4d81-b233-c5272ed75e55","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4329d203-0606-4b7d-817a-cd8dc74f8444","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Credit: Getty Images Credit: Getty Images

promoted Erin Blanchfield and flooding Frenchwoman Manon Fiorot.

[{"selector":"#anim-53b9f017-64f8-4d2b-9770-435faa17f13a [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(60.624999656733536%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-86bba6ad-e314-492c-9ef4-9c6e50b41f76","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.87342%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8392c76f-18d9-4d64-9044-ec4a93af699c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d2d679c1-bb52-4f15-b3a2-2821fcd8baf3","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] Credit: Getty Images Credit: Getty Images

Might a case at some point currently be made that the division is awesome out there? Or on the other hand has it previously arrived?

[{"selector":"#anim-c7016e20-9607-4884-9581-d7a74c6ed8f2","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-114.87342%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-17886101-5383-467a-b9bf-e5c8f34eb511","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-11d56442-43be-4e13-b981-960bd3a9b2f6","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-783738b8-0e30-4bc5-a455-04c4ae63b85c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(43.124999793452304%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit: Getty Images Credit: Getty Images