Together with her first UFC title battle proper across the nook, Tatiana Suarez isn’t fascinated with the rest.
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 large evening in The Land Down Underneath, Suarez was requested about probably shifting as much as flyweight, ought to she reach dethroning Zhang and bringing the strawweight strap again to the States.
“I want to stay in my division, be the best in the world and beat everyone who comes up,” Suarez mentioned. “Eventually, if I feel like moving up to 125 pounds is something I want to do, then yeah, we’ll go there. But I’m not really thinking that far ahead right now.”
Zhang weili eyes history-making efficiency in opposition to tatiana suarez
For now, Suarez could be greatest served to concentrate on the duty at hand. And it’s a mighty powerful 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 by way of a second-round submission in November 2022, ‘Magnum’ has seemed virtually unstoppable, scoring dominant wins over Amanda Lemos and Yan Xianon in her final two title defenses.
If Zhang comes out on high in opposition to Suarez, she’ll formally tie Joanna Jędrzejczyk for essentially the most title battle wins in UFC strawweight historical past. To not point out, she’ll take Suarez’s ‘O’ which might be a fairly good feather within the cap of the Chinese language celebrity.
