“We’ll see where she ends up in the rankings and get a couple more fights under her belt and see what happens,” he said. UFC President Dana White is unsure about where Suarez fits, but he’s thoroughly impressed by her comeback. not saying that she hasn’t improved, but I just think that you saw the first fight, I don’t even think that there would be anything different about the second fight with Carla. “Let’s be real like, it’s like, I would catch a case twice. “I don’t think anybody wants to see me fight carla again,” she laughed.
But she’d prefer not to re-tread old ground, brushing off a question about a rematch with ex-champ Carla Esparza, whom she soundly defeated at UFC 228.
Her win over De La Rosa left her with options for her next challenge. When she left the 115-pound division, she was widely thought to be in the hunt for a title shot. Suarez returned from a nearly four-year layoff courtesy of neck and knee injuries. I feel like it’s an honor to share a cage with somebody.” I just think that, I want to fight all the great people, you know what I mean? And it’s out of respect that I want to do that. “So when I say that I want to fight them, it’s really not disrespect. She, too, has overcome a lot of things in her life and I respect her as a person. “I’m not scared to fight the best people, because that means I’m the best, so I would love to fight somebody like Rose,” said Suarez at the UFC Vegas 70 post-event press conference after her second-round submission win over Montana De La Rosa. Officially back in UFC title hunt, undefeated MMA vet Tatiana Suarez knows who she wants to fight – and who she doesn’t.Īsked about potential matchups, Suarez welcomed a fight with two-time strawweight champ Rose Namajunas, her soon-to-be colleague at 115 pounds after her successful test at 125 pounds.
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