Breakout PFL fighter Dakota Ditcheva supplied some phrases of encouragement to Tatiana Suarez after the UFC star suffered her first profession loss.
After beginning her profession with an ideal 10-0 report, Suarez was favored to go away UFC 312 with championship gold wrapped round her waist. Sadly, it wasn’t meant to be. Via 5 rounds, reigning strawweight queen Zhang Weili stifled Suarez’s wrestle-heavy assault and secured a decisive choice victory over the Covina, California native within the night’s co-main occasion.
Days later, Suarez would lastly break her silence. She launched a press release on social media addressing the devastating defeat in addition to providing followers a glimpse on the nasty knee damage she suffered early on in her title struggle in opposition to Zhang.
Dakota Ditcheva believes ‘more greatness’ is to return in tatiana Suarez’s MMA profession
Suarez’s feedback on Instagram acquired a flood of assist from fighters and followers alike, together with 2024 PFL flyweight champion Dakota Ditcheva.
“Born for this. Just another chapter in your book. More greatness to come,” Ditcheva wrote earlier than ending her message with a coronary heart emoji.
Additionally providing assist to Suarez was her fiancée and reigning Bellator bantamweight champion Patchy Combine, who was in her nook at UFC 312.
“Your work ethic and determination is admirable! Your loyalty to helping teammates and uplifting the ones around you to be better is inspiring,” Combine wrote on Instagram. “You do this by being a leader at all times even when no one’s looking. Circumstances limited you from showing how great you are, but we all know what you’re capable of. Saturday wasn’t our night but once you’re healthy no doubt you will rise again.”