LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JULY 15: (L-R) Ashlee Evans-Smith punches Ailin Perez of Argentina of their girls’s bantamweight combat throughout the UFC Battle Evening at UFC APEX on July 15, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photograph by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC by way of Getty Photographs)
“I’m at all times grateful for my opponents for stepping up and being throughout from me. … I’m used to having fights fall off, so I used to be very respectful. She’s a tricky lady, and other people underestimated her. Individuals really stated, ‘You’re going to kill this lady. She’s off rhythm. She hasn’t fought in a very long time.’ Simply the truth that she really stepped up in her will to coach and to really step into this combat, that’s one thing in and of itself.
“I additionally confirmed lots of people on this position at the moment that I’m not only a twerking lady. I’m a mom, I’m an athlete, and on prime of every part, I’m from Argentina.”
