Nice issues have been anticipated of Tatiana Suarez since early in
her
Final Preventing Championship profession.
She’ll get an opportunity to ship on that promise when she meets Weili
Zhang in a strawweight title bout at UFC 312
in Sydney, Australia, on Feb. 8. The state of affairs is a bit of uncommon
since Suarez hasn’t competed since submitting Jessica Andrade at
UFC on ESPN 50 in August 2023. Nevertheless, the 34-year-old Californian
isn’t altering her mindset heading into the largest struggle of her
profession up to now.
“I don’t really feel any completely different,” Suarez just lately stated on UFC
Unfiltered. “I simply really feel prefer it’s one other struggle. It’s one other
problem for me. I’m actually excited as a result of I’ve by no means had a
five-round struggle. But when anyone can do it, it’s me.”
Suarez isn’t any stranger to prolonged layoffs. Accidents sidelined her
for greater than three years after a victory over Nina Nunes at UFC
238 in June 2019, however she returned to the Octagon in 2023 to publish
back-to-back victories over Montana De La Rosa and Andrade. The
Milennia MMA consultant doesn’t anticipate to be hindered by her
most up-to-date time on the sideline, partially as a result of she’s
persistently working within the health club.
“I don’t take into consideration that stuff,” Suarez stated. “I simply take into consideration
the way in which I really feel once I prepare. So long as I see every part, identical to
I do in sparring, my vary is true, my grappling is on level, my
timing is nice. Every time I’m out of combating, like I’m not within the
cage, it’s not like I’m sitting on the sofa doing nothing. I’m
all the time doing one thing, all the time figuring out.”
Suarez was purported to face Amanda Lemos and Virna Jandiroba this
12 months, however she finally withdrew from each fights on account of accidents.
Nevertheless, she additionally claims she was able to face Zhang in between
these fights, which have been scheduled for February and December,
respectively.
“Once you’re on the prime of the division, for some cause it’s
actually arduous to get fights. There’s not that many matchups,” Suarez
stated. “Once I was wholesome, all people was already matched up within the
Prime 10…. I had requested for a struggle. I needed to struggle Weili in
August…or September. However she was busy with obligations she had as a
champion.”
No matter how she acquired so far, Suarez expects to carry out
at a excessive degree towards the reigning strawweight queen at UFC
312.
“My psychological power is second to none. I believe that performs an enormous
think about combating generally,” Suarez stated. “When the brilliant
lights shine, so do I. I all the time rise to the event.”
