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Farah Hannoun and Ken Hathaway

Norma Dumont: Shutting down women’s featherweight would be a ‘huge loss for the UFC’

LAS VEGAS – Norma Dumont thinks the UFC would be making a mistake by removing the women’s featherweight division.

Dumont (9-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) meets Chelsea Chandler (5-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in a featherweight bout on Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 49 main card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+.

With former 145-pound champion Amanda Nunes retiring last month, UFC president Dana White said the division, which debuted in February 2017, likely would be retired with her, which Dumont finds disappointing.

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