Surging bantamweight contender, Ailin Perez has confirmed she plans to name for a title struggle in her subsequent outing forward of her UFC 311 return tonight towards Karol Rosa, with the Argentine claiming incumbent gold holder, Julianna Pena is “scared sh*tless” to defend her crown.
Perez, who presently sits as quantity 13 within the official bantamweight pile, most lately racked up her fourth consecutive victory at UFC Struggle Evening Paris again in September, delivering a dominant first spherical arm-triangle submission win over Darya Zheleznyakova.
With the victory, Buenos Aires native, Perez turned in her fourth win on the trot, including to a trio of prior successes towards Joselyn Edwards, Lucie Pudilova, and Ashlee Evans-Smith.
Ailin Perez plans title struggle name out with standout win at UFC 311
And forward of her UFC 311 return tonight in a preliminary card conflict with fellow South American contender, Rosa, Perez has boldly claimed she is going to name for a title struggle subsequent — even an interim pairing with surging contender, Kayla Harrison, claiming present queen, Pena is “scared” to defend her crown.
“I’m going to ask for a title fight, preferably against Kayla Harrison for the interim title, since Julianna Peña doesn’t want to defend her beat against Kayla Harrison,” Ailin Perez advised Hablemos MMA. “That gives me a little, I don’t know, like, ‘Come on woman, defend your title. Who are you, Julianna Peña?’ I feel she’s scared sh*tless of Kayla Harrison, and I want to show that I also want the belt.”
“So why not an interim title fight vs. Kayla Harrison to see who’a the next one for the title,” Ailin Perez continued. “Julianna is turning down fights and not taking advantage of the opportunity the UFC is giving her.”
