Together with her first UFC title combat proper across the nook, Tatiana Suarez isn’t interested by anything.
The undefeated standout from Covina, California will step into the co-main occasion highlight at UFC 312 in Sydney, Australia this Saturday for a conflict with reigning and defending strawweight world champion Zhang Weili.
Suarez goes into her first shot at UFC gold with an ideal 7-0 contained in the Octagon, and 10-0 general. That features back-to-back second-round submission victories over Montana De La Rosa and Jessica Andrade in her final two outings. She additionally holds finishes over former UFC champions Alexa Grasso and Carla Esparza.
Talking with CBS Sports activities’ Shakiel Mahjouri forward of her huge evening in The Land Down Below, Suarez was requested about doubtlessly transferring as much as flyweight, ought to she reach dethroning Zhang and bringing the strawweight strap again to the States.
“I wish to keep in my division, be one of the best on the earth and beat everybody who comes up,” Suarez mentioned. “Finally, if I really feel like transferring as much as 125 kilos is one thing I wish to do, then yeah, we’ll go there. However I’m not likely considering that far forward proper now.”
Zhang weili eyes history-making efficiency towards tatiana suarez
For now, Suarez can be finest served to concentrate on the duty at hand. And it’s a mighty robust activity as just one lady has ever defeated Zhang Weili contained in the Octagon. That being former two-time strawweight queen ‘Thug’ Rose Namajunas.
Since taking the title off the aforementioned Carla Esparza through a second-round submission in November 2022, ‘Magnum’ has regarded virtually unstoppable, scoring dominant wins over Amanda Lemos and Yan Xianon in her final two title defenses.
If Zhang comes out on high towards Suarez, she’ll formally tie Joanna Jędrzejczyk for probably the most title combat wins in UFC strawweight historical past. To not point out, she’ll take Suarez’s ‘O’ which might be a reasonably good feather within the cap of the Chinese language famous person.
