Tag: Tatiana Suarez

Tatiana Suarez Happy With ‘Female Khabib’ Moniker

While she is her own fighter, UFC strawweight contender Tatiana Suarez has no problems with people comparing her to Khabib Nurmagomedov. Suarez has slowly become one of the top contenders at 115-pounds, owing to her dominant wins where she usually takes the action to the ground with her wrestling. Given how no other female fighter […]

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While she is her own fighter, UFC strawweight contender Tatiana Suarez has no problems with people comparing her to Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Suarez has slowly become one of the top contenders at 115-pounds, owing to her dominant wins where she usually takes the action to the ground with her wrestling. Given how no other female fighter seems to be as dominant on the ground as Suarez, it was only a matter of time before the comparisons to Nurmagomedov would arise.

“The Eagle” is known for mauling his opponents and so far, Suarez seems to be the strawweight equivalent, as she has been dubbed the “Female Khabib” and also happens to be undefeated.

And while some fighters prefer to be themselves rather than being compared to another fighter, Suarez feels it’s a compliment to be compared to the UFC lightweight champion:

“Of course it’s a compliment, he’s the best in the world right now and he’s a great fighter,” Suarez said in a recent interview. “I love the way he fights. I mean it’s somewhere to my style so of course, I think it’s a compliment.

“I am my own fighter of course, but I do feel like our styles are similar so I’m never offended by that.”

What do you think of the Khabib comparisons?

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Tatiana Suarez Gives Update on Estimated Return Date

Undefeated strawweight juggernaut Tatiana Suarez (8-0) continued to roll in her last bout against Nina Ansaroff at UFC 238 in a unanimous decision victory, but a neck stinger sustained in training reoccurred during the fight and grew progressively wors…

Undefeated strawweight juggernaut Tatiana Suarez (8-0) continued to roll in her last bout against Nina Ansaroff at UFC 238 in a unanimous decision victory, but a neck stinger sustained in training reoccurred during the fight and grew progressively worse, resulting in Suarez losing her first round in MMA. The next time Suarez competes, she’d like […]

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Nunes: Throat Infection Cost Ansaroff Fight to Suarez

At UFC 238, Nina Ansaroff’s four-fight winning streak came to an end when she stood toe to toe with undefeated phenom Tatiana Suarez. Although this was the first time we saw Tatiana Suarez reveal a kink in her armor, it would still be a task to argue t…

At UFC 238, Nina Ansaroff’s four-fight winning streak came to an end when she stood toe to toe with undefeated phenom Tatiana Suarez. Although this was the first time we saw Tatiana Suarez reveal a kink in her armor, it would still be a task to argue that she did not cruise to her eighth […]

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UFC 238 Prelims Does Best Broadcast Numbers In Three Months

UFC 238 took place this past weekend (Sat. June 8, 2019) from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to the pay-per-view (PPV) portion, several bouts took place on the preliminary card, which aired on ESPN. MMA Fighting’s Dave Meltzer reports that the broadcast did the Las Vegas-based promotion’s best numbers in three months with […]

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UFC 238 took place this past weekend (Sat. June 8, 2019) from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Prior to the pay-per-view (PPV) portion, several bouts took place on the preliminary card, which aired on ESPN. MMA Fighting’s Dave Meltzer reports that the broadcast did the Las Vegas-based promotion’s best numbers in three months with 964,000 viewers. The show peaked at 1.2 million viewers during the featured preliminary bout, featuring strawweights Tatiana Suarez and Nina Ansaroff.

The preliminary card was also the highest-rated sports show in the 18-34 male demographic. It beat out MLB baseball on FOX, the Belmont Stakes on NBC, and the FIFA Women’s World Cup. However, all three of those broadcasts drew bigger overall ratings. MLB pulled in 2,560,000 viewers, the Belmont did 4,909,000, and the World Cup hauled in 1,209,000.

Coming in at third overall Saturday night in the 18-49 demographic, as well as third in the male 18-49, and tied for first in the male 12-34 demographic was the UFC 238 prelims. 75 percent of the program’s viewers were male. UFC 238 was also the number one searched item on Google that day, with more than one million searches. The show saw a 47 percent increase in viewers for last June’s PPV prelims, which was the UFC 225 PPV headlined by Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero.

As for the strongest major markets, the UFC pulled in a 0.8 rating in Dallas and an 0.7 in Philadelphia. The weakest major markets were Houston with an 0.2 and Chicago with an 0.3. The prelims also beat out Top Rank boxing, which aired on ESPN shortly after. The show was headlined by a WBO featherweight title bout between Oscar Valdez and Jason Sanchez, which did 799,000 viewers.

The last time the UFC did better numbers was for the UFC 235 PPV prelims in March. Jon Jones vs. Anthony Smith in a light heavyweight title fight headlined the show. The preliminary card for that event did 1.48 million viewers.

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UFC 238 Prelims Draw Biggest Ratings In Months

It’s no secret that the UFC prelims have been struggling to find ratings success on television in recent months. The prelim ratings for the company’s two most recent pay-per-view (PPV) events – UFC 236 in April and UFC 237 in May &#82…

It’s no secret that the UFC prelims have been struggling to find ratings success on television in recent months. The prelim ratings for the company’s two most recent pay-per-view (PPV) events – UFC 236 in April and UFC 237 in May – both brought in diminishing returns. However, according to a report from MMA Fighting’s […]

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Tatiana Suarez Reacts to Andrade/Zhang Report

It was reported Tuesday that Jessica Andrade is close to finalizing her first title defense, slated to be against Weili Zhang at UFC on ESPN+ 15 in Shenzhen, China. That leaves Tatiana Suarez, whom many considered to be a shoo-in for Andrade’s first ti…

It was reported Tuesday that Jessica Andrade is close to finalizing her first title defense, slated to be against Weili Zhang at UFC on ESPN+ 15 in Shenzhen, China. That leaves Tatiana Suarez, whom many considered to be a shoo-in for Andrade’s first title defense, as the odd woman out. Suarez defeated #3-ranked Nina Ansaroff […]

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