“May the best woman win,” Carla Esparza is ready to face the winner of UFC 268 Rose Namajunas vs Zhang Weili fight
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Carla Esparza is not phased from being snubbed of her title shot at UFC 268 against Rose Namajunas. The first-ever strawweight champion is patient to get her hand at the title shot.
Carla Esparza is more than ready to get her shot at the UFC strawweight title. She was the first-ever to become a strawweight champion. Rose Namajunas, who is scheduled for a title rematch against Zhang Weili at UFC 268, and Carla were the first to contest for the inaugural strawweight belt. The two stunning fighters took on each other in the finals of The Ultimate Fighter 20 in 2014. Esparza got the better of Namajunas to get her hands on the 115-pound title.
Rose became the champion this year by winning the belt off Weili and now the Chinese strawweight has a chance to with an immediate rematch on her hands. Carla is now left hanging without a title shot despite her incredible performances in the last two years. But Esparza on Twitter wrote that she is not discouraged by this and will wait for her time to come.
“I got next,” says Carla Esparza
Yesterday the former champion took to Twitter to write about her thoughts on the current situation with the title shot. “I’ve worked many years to fight my way back to a title shot. I have faith good things will come, and in the meantime I will use this time to strength build and skill build! May the best woman win… I got next,” wrote Carla on her recent Tweet.
The “Cookie Monster” is coming off five consecutive wins in the last two years. Carla is undefeated since 2018. Her last win was against Yan Xiaonan at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Cardbrandt, where she won via TKO in the second round. She has a stunning record of 19-6-0 in her professional MMA career. Do you think the right title fight at 115 should have been between Esparza and Namajunas?
Also read: Rose Namajunas vs Zhang Weili rematch reportedly in the works
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