Posted: Thursday October 4, 2012 5:09PM ; Updated: Friday
October 5, 2012 3:01PM Loretta Hunt Loretta Hunt>ARCHIVE  Three
take aim at glory as women's MMA continues rapid ascent  Story
Highlights  Women's MMA has grown more in the past eight months
than the previous decade  Still, women's MMA fighters aren't
earning as much as their male counterparts  Jessica Penne, Tara
LaRosa, Jessamyn Duke each meet Saturday at Invicta FC 3
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Jessica Penne Source: SI Jessica Penne (9-1) faces Naho Sugiyama
(8-0) for Invicta's inaugural atomweight (105 pounds)
championship at Invicta Fighting Championships 3 this Saturday
in Kansas City.  Although women's mixed martial arts has seen
more growth in the last eight months than in its first decade,
the vast majority of female fighters are still no closer to
reaping the financial rewards enjoyed by their male
counterparts.  This may be changing, though.  The recent swell
of support for women's MMA can be traced back to Ma