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After wating over half of a 12 months for a reserving, Carli Judice lastly bought the decision. They despatched her a date and a reputation – TUF winner Julianna Miller. Nevertheless, it wasn’t lengthy after the decision got here, that the title bought switched up. The change in plans didn’t trouble the UFC flyweight although – as an alternative, she welcomed them with open arms.
“We hadn’t had Julianna Miller long on the book, so it’s not like we started game plan and it was like 14 weeks out,” Judice defined. “But when that, when the switch was over, I kind of got excited because everybody knows me, I like to scrap – I like to stand up and throw hands.”
Her new opponent, Yuneisy Duben is more likely to deliver precisely that form of combat to her. An skilled striker, Duben is coming off of a violent KO of Shannon Clark on the Contender Sequence. Having seen that combat, Judice is happy for what the 2 of them may have the ability to do within the Octagon.
“I think Yuneisy is going to bring the fight that I want, so I think it’s gonna be fun,” she stated. “I think it’s another potential fight of the night. If not, it’s going to be one of the more exciting fights on the card. So I’m excited about the switch up.”
However though the expertise benefit, when it comes to tne variety of contests, may lie with Duben, Judice doesn’t see it that manner. She remembers herself in an identical place, and remembers the shock of a tough fought combat.
“I’m definitely trying to control the fight and make her fight at my pace because I feel like she hasn’t gone three rounds. I don’t think she’s made it out of the first round yet in her pro career,” “And before my Contender Series fight, I hadn’t either. Then when I got thrown in the Contender Series fight on 10 days notice, and that was the first time I went 15 minutes. I was shell shocked looking back, I’ve never been that tired. So I am excited to bring her into deep waters.”
You possibly can see Judice head to these deep waters with Yuneisy Duben as a part of the UFC Vegas 104 prelims. That card begins at 4pm EST on ESPN+.
You can too hear the whole audio of this interview on the newest version of TTP. Her interview airs at 23:46
