PFL flyweight champion Dakota Ditcheva is becoming one of the clearest voices on what it means to be a woman in MMA and in sport, using her platform to talk about both the pressure and the responsibility that come with success. The 2024 PFL women’s flyweight champion, still undefeated and the first British female MMA world champion, has already banked a $1 million season prize and emerged as a central figure in the league’s women’s roster. If I’m out there experiencing new things and trying new things, it’s going to motivate them to do the same thing. I feel like changes will come when we keep showing up, when we keep inspiring, and getting more involved, and inspiring the younger generation to keep going. Claressa Shields, Savannah Marshall, Katie Taylor who are boxers, and then Simone Biles, the gymnast, they’re all so inspiring and doing incredible things.