Manchester native Dakota Ditcheva is shortly changing into considered one of MMA’s greatest stars.
After taking the world by storm underneath the PFL Europe banner in 2023, ‘Harmful’ has seen her star rise as a part of the inaugural PFL flyweight girls’s match, incomes a trio of first-round knockouts towards Lisa Mauldin, Chelsea Hackett, and Jena Bishop. These wins have led her to the PFL Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia the place she’ll face Taila Santos within the $1 million closing on November 29.
As is the case with any fighter on the quick monitor to fame and fortune, Ditcheva has seen her fair proportion of detractors come out of the woodwork — lots of them accusing the PFL of feeding her favorable matchups to make sure her entry into the flyweight finale at The Mayadeen.
Dakota Ditcheva encourages fighters to cease making excuses and begin getting seen
Talking with MMA Combating forward of her return to the Good Cage, Ditcheva chalked up the negativity to some jealous fighters who haven’t put in the identical work she has to get seen.
“There may be positively somewhat little bit of jealousy I believe and a little bit of frustration from a couple of fighters,” Ditcheva stated. “I get it…it’s a enterprise. We now have to have the ability to promote these fights with a view to receives a commission. If you wish to receives a commission, do one thing. Make your fights thrilling or get on social media and make an effort. It’s a must to.
“The those who have been mad at these fighters, sure fighters creating wealth, however in the event you have a look at those creating wealth, it’s the personalities within the sport. Or the fighters which can be doing one thing totally different,” Ditcheva continued. “I don’t know why anyone is getting annoyed simply with me. As a result of I’m identical to, getting what I can out of my years on this sport and I really feel like that may be the intelligent factor to do” (h/t MMA Information).
General, Ditcheva is an ideal 13-0 with 11 of her wins coming by means of knockout and one submission.
Together with her work in PFL Europe, ‘Harmful’ has a 100% end price contained in the Good Cage — a stat she’ll look to maintain intact towards one other well-known finisher on this planet of ladies’s MMA.
