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The rise of female UFC fighters obscures profound exploitation, inequality

  • Written by Jennifer McClearen, Assistant Professor of Media Studies, University of Texas at Austin
The rise of female UFC fighters obscures profound exploitation, inequalityChina's Zhang Weili, on the right, has helped grow the popularity of the UFC in her native country.Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

The mixed martial arts pay-per-view event UFC 261 features two bouts that would have been unheard of just 10 years ago.

Russian-born Valentina Shevchenko will fight Jessica Andrade, a Brazilian and an out...

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