Carla Espazar: I'm willing to postpone the wedding for the championship

After months of waiting and anticipation, Carla Esparza has finally decided to be the next person to challenge UFC women's straw welt champion Rose Namajunas, a matter that UFC President Dana White personally confirmed at a recent press conference.

"In my eyes and in the eyes of anyone else, I'm the only one who's going to qualify for the title next, it's just that you'll never know what the UFC is thinking." Carla said in a recent interview. "They can always make some unusual decisions, and now that's all set and it's done."

"It's a really great feeling. Although I don't have a great eloquence and don't speak up for myself, I'm the best in this magnitude and I deserve to take on the championship more than anyone. I've proven to people by actually that I totally deserve a championship game and I think my performance in the last race is enough to say it all. ”

Carla is not boasting, she is currently in a five-game winning streak and has beaten several of the top ten players, including Michelle Waterson, Marina Rodriguez and Yan Xiaonan. In addition, Carla was the first women's strawweight champion in UFC history to surrender Rose-Namayunas naked in December 2014.

"I have a lot of respect for Ross, not just from my personal, but also from an outsider's perspective. The last time I beat her, she said after the game 'Carla looked fantastic tonight, it was an awesome showdown and I wanted to be ready for a match like this.' For me, her words show the true meaning of the MMA movement, she doesn't seek an easy opponent to win, I think that's the quality that is necessary to be a champion." ”

"She always wanted this rematch, every opponent who had beaten her before was eventually defeated by her in turn, and she always had the drive to win, so I have a lot of respect for her." There are a lot of players in this industry who just want to play the kind of easy to win, but Rose is not such a person. Although she will do her best to beat me in this rematch, I still have a lot of respect for her mentality. ”

Although the women's grassweight championship battle has not yet been determined when, Kara is already preparing for it. She said she was willing to sacrifice all her personal plans, even the wedding, until the UFC announced her final matchday.

"I hope this game is played before May because I'm going to have a wedding with my fiancé in May. Luckily, Rose said she was healthy after the last game, so I think she can be ready for a showdown with me very quickly, which is also the ideal situation. ”

"But if the race can't be played before that, my reason is to postpone my wedding for this championship battle, and my family and friends will understand my decision." Me and my fiancé, we're going to spend our lives together, so I don't really care if the wedding is delayed for a few months, it's not going to change anything. This championship battle is now a top priority for me. ”

In addition, there are also reports that Rose and Carla can first coach the "Ultimate Fighter" for the next season as coaches, and then play a championship battle. This arrangement has implications, as both contestants are contestants in Season 20's "Ultimate Fighters," and their first meeting in December 2014 was both a season-final and a championship battle.

"To be honest, I've also thought about that possibility, it's going to be a perfect cycle from start to finish. This is probably going to be the coolest thing in the history of Ultimate Fighter, and it's a rare experience to be part of the talent show with a different kind of doppelganger and another perspective. ”

"I'm absolutely open to this, and I've even become a strong supporter of the program because it all started with the Ultimate Fighter, which is the beginning of the UFC Women's Grassweight and has become one of the best UFC orders of magnitude." We decided the UFC's first strawweight champion that year, and now that a cycle is over, we're fighting for the title again, which is really a cool thing. (UFC China Dana)

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