“I’m completely willing to change the date of my wedding,” Carla Esparza is ready to put everything at stake for Rose Namajunas rematch


“I’m completely willing to change the date of my wedding,” Carla Esparza is ready to put everything at stake for Rose Namajunas rematch

Carla Esparza

The inaugural UFC women’s strawweight champion, Carla Esparza is finally set to face the UFC women’s strawweight champion, Rose Namajunas in a rematch. Namajunas defended her title against Zhang Weili at the co-main event of UFC 268 and since that fight, Esparza was in doubt for the next title shot.

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Initially the UFC president, Dana White denied giving Carla Esparza the next title shot as she was not fighting and waiting for the title shot. But recently he admitted that she is next for the title shot and talking about the same in her latest interview with MMA Fighting, Carla Esparza says,

“No matter how much in my eyes, and a lot of people’s eyes, I was literally the only fight that made any sense, you just never know with the UFC, they make decisions sometimes that maybe don’t make the most sense. Until I got that confirmation, now it’s real.”

“It feels really good. Maybe I haven’t been the biggest talker or spokesperson for myself, like, ‘I’m the best in this division, I deserve this more than anyone!’ That’s never been me. But I try to make fights and my actions show that I deserve it, and I thought I did enough to get the last fight. But now it’s a reality.” {H/T MMA Fighting}

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Carla Esparza is willing to coach TUF against Rose Namajunas as well

Carla Esparza and Rose Namajunas
Carla Esparza and Rose Namajunas

Carla Esparza is ready to go to any extent for this rematch, even if it means for her to delay her wedding. Esparza and Namajunas faced each other for the first time in the finale of TUF where, ‘Cookie Monster’ defeated her and won the inaugural UFC women’s strawweight title.

She is even ready to coach TUF’s next season against Rose Namajunas, Carla Esparza continued, “I’m completely willing to change the date of my wedding, and everyone who’s on my wedding list is my friend and they would 100 percent understand. My fiancé, we’re getting married no matter what. We’re going to be together forever, so the date is a couple of months later doesn’t change things. This title fight is the priority right now.”

Talking about TUF she concluded, “It’s honestly crossed my mind, I think that would be a full circle to where it all started. I think that would be the coolest story for the show. It would be awesome to go in there and experience it from the other side of things.”

“I’m definitely open to it. I think it would be a really cool experience. I’m already a fan of it cause it’s like ‘Carla and Rose started on there, they went through the show, they have history on TUF.’ That’s where this whole division started. That was the best of the best of this division. We crowned the first champion. To come full circle, I think it’s a really cool story.” {H/T MMA Fighting}

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