After smashing her method by Taila Santos on the PFL World Championship in Riyadh, Dakota Ditcheva can’t assist however surprise what’s left for her to perform in 2025.
‘Dangerous’ ran the desk throughout this yr’s inaugural PFL girls’s flyweight event, incomes 4 straight finishes, together with a second-round TKO towards former UFC title challenger Taila Santos on the promotion’s ultimate occasion of the yr in Saudi Arabia.
Talking with talkSPORT following her million-dollar victory, Ditcheva expressed some concern over doubtlessly competing in subsequent yr’s event contemplating she’s already dispatched her hardest check.
“I don’t know, we haven’t spoken about it too much with PFL,” Ditcheva stated when requested about her future. “I feel it’s tough as a result of for me, I simply beat the highest lady that’s on the market. So, for those who put me again within the event, I’m gonna get extra stick for combating the identical ladies and other people which are decrease stage.
“So, does it make sense to do that with someone that’s like, I feel like I bring in a lot of attention and stuff like that, so I feel maybe a super fight might suit a little bit better, but then, is anyone going to watch the season without me in it? I don’t know. We’ll see what happens.”
Dakota Ditcheva may face the identical battle that Kayla Harrison did within the PFL
If the story sounds acquainted, that’s in all probability as a result of two-time PFL champion Kayla Harrison confronted an analogous battle throughout her time with the group. Harrison ran roughshod over a lot of the competitors, main many to criticize her for kicking round a bunch of cans somewhat than taking over the hardest fighters accessible.
Hopefully, they may chorus from subjecting Ditcheva to an analogous destiny by signing some contemporary expertise to the flyweight pool forward of subsequent yr’s event as a result of, because it stands, there’s not a lot for Ditcheva or her followers to be enthusiastic about in 2025.
