UFC ladies’s strawweight contender Marina Rodriguez desires a second likelihood towards Carla Esparza, and with the title on the road this time round.
After defeating Yan Xiaonan in her most up-to-date outing, the Brazilian believes she is the clear prime contender in her division and claims that the rematch would draw consideration to the match.
In an interview with Combate, Rodriguez defined how her win streak must be sufficient to show she is the true primary contender at strawweight. Moreover, Marina believes {that a} new challenger like herself can be refreshing after so many title fights with the identical athletes.
“I’m the strawweight with the longest win streak within the division, so I feel it’s solely honest for me to be the subsequent challenger,” Rodriguez stated. “All the opposite athletes within the combine have had their possibilities already. I imagine it’s time to shake issues up and provides different athletes an opportunity. The followers like new blood preventing for the belt. Whoever will get this opportunity for the primary time will attempt to present followers how necessary that is to them. I’m certain they’ll ship a enjoyable, aggressive combat and that they’ll go away all they’ve received within the Octagon to be able to win the belt.
“That’s my case,” Rodriguez stated. “If I’ve this opportunity, I’ll not let this combat be boring for a second. That is my likelihood to turn into champion of the world, I received’t let it move me by. It’s important to give your life for it. I’m a UFC worker, although, so I observe their plans. In the event that they assume I ought to do yet one more combat earlier than the belt, I’ll. I’m not relying on my subsequent combat being for the belt.”
At present on a four-fight successful streak, Rodriguez (16-1-2) defeated Amanda Ribas, Michelle Waterson, Mackenzie Dern and the aforementioned Xiaonan in her most up-to-date outings. In actual fact, the 35-year-old’s sole skilled defeat occurred in July 2020, when she dropped a break up resolution to present champion Esparza.
