Set to function in her first championship outing below the promotional banner within the new yr, unbeaten UFC contender, Tatiana Suarez has no qualms about snapping her hiatus in a title setting — claiming if anyone can cease present strawweight queen, Zhang Weili, it’s her.
Suarez, who has been sidelined by way of quite a few accidents since her return to motion in August of final yr, earned the primary rank on the strawweight restrict courtesy of a dominant guillotine choke over former titleholder and common-foe, Jessica Andrade at UFC Battle Night time Nashville.
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Tatiana Suarez assured of fixing Zhang Weili puzzle at UFC 312
Boasting a profession consisting of ten double-digits victories, Suarez, who additionally received a season of The Final Fighter en path to the Octagon-proper, claimed if anyone can cease the roughshod second title reign of Chinese language star, Weili — it’s her.
“I don’t feel any different, I just feel like it’s another fight,” Tatiana Suarez advised UFC Unfiltered with Matt Serra and Jim Norton throughout a latest look. “It’s another challenge for me. I’m really excited because I’ve never had a five-round fight. But if anybody can do it, it’s me.”
“I don’t think about that stuff,” Tatiana Suarez stated. “I just think about the way I feel when I train. As long as I see everything, just like I do in sparring, my range is right, my grappling is on point, my timing is good. Whenever I’m out of fighting, like I’m not in the cage, I’m not sitting on the couch doing nothing. I’m always doing something, always working out.”
Herself sidelined since making historical past at UFC 300 within the first-ever all-Chinese language title combat in opposition to compatriot, Yan Xiaonan, Weili was pressured the gap over the course of 5 rounds in a unanimous choice win in a back-and-forth most important card showdown.
