After Cancer and a Lost Olympic Dream, Tatiana Suarez Takes Aim at UFC Glory

Maybe the quarantine carried a silver lining. Solitude, after all, forces you to listen to yourself. When the solitude is medically prescribed, you can’t run from it—quite literally…

Maybe the quarantine carried a silver lining. Solitude, after all, forces you to listen to yourself. When the solitude is medically prescribed, you can’t run from it—quite literally…

Suarez Willing to Relinquish Title Shot to Rose Namajunas

Undefeated strawweight Tatiana Suarez is knocking on the door for a world title shot and a victory over Nina Ansaroff this Saturday at UFC 238 will likely be enough to bust that door wide open. But Tatiana Suarez is willing to wait on the outside a lit…

Undefeated strawweight Tatiana Suarez is knocking on the door for a world title shot and a victory over Nina Ansaroff this Saturday at UFC 238 will likely be enough to bust that door wide open. But Tatiana Suarez is willing to wait on the outside a little longer if it means Rose Namajunas being granted […]

The post Suarez Willing to Relinquish Title Shot to Rose Namajunas appeared first on MMA News.

Tatiana Suarez Unsure Nina Ansaroff Has Advantage Training With Amanda Nunes

UFC strawweight Tatiana Suarez does not think Nina Ansaroff will have any clear advantages training with Amanda Nunes. Suarez and Ansaroff will meet at UFC 238 this Saturday in Chicago, with the winner of the bout likely to be the next challenger for Jessica Andrade’s title. Suarez is unbeaten and has won all four of […]

The post Tatiana Suarez Unsure Nina Ansaroff Has Advantage Training With Amanda Nunes appeared first on LowKickMMA.com.

UFC strawweight Tatiana Suarez does not think Nina Ansaroff will have any clear advantages training with Amanda Nunes.

Suarez and Ansaroff will meet at UFC 238 this Saturday in Chicago, with the winner of the bout likely to be the next challenger for Jessica Andrade’s title.

Suarez is unbeaten and has won all four of her UFC bouts. Ansaroff, meanwhile, has won her last four as well, including a notable win over Claudia Gadelha.

The 33-year-old also has the benefit of training with her partner Nunes, who happens to be the women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion. But it doesn’t really mean much for Suarez.

“I remember talking about this not too long ago, and they were saying, ‘Do you think she has an advantage training with the champion?’” Suarez said at a recent media lunch (via MMA Junkie). “And was like, ‘Ya know what? I think when you’re around success, you learn the tools for success.

“But I’ve been around successful people and champions my entire life. I’ve developed these tools over time. I don’t need a current champion to know what a champion needs to do to be a champion.”

Suarez More Skillful

What will win this fight is skills, and Suarez believes she’s certainly the more skillful of the two. She is yet to truly be tested in the Octagon and her dominant wrestling has even given her a reputation of being the female Khabib Nurmagomedov.

“My skill really speaks for itself,” Suarez added. “It’s not really the power or anything like that. I wouldn’t say I have more strength than whoever – it’s just my skill level. I’ve been wrestling since I was 3 years old, so I hope I can pull something out that’s really great. I do think I’m strong.

“But I definitely feel like it’s a lot of skill, years of doing it, years of wrestling with different bodies and working with different bodies. I think I just have more experience in that field.”

The post Tatiana Suarez Unsure Nina Ansaroff Has Advantage Training With Amanda Nunes appeared first on LowKickMMA.com.

Tatiana Suarez: I Don’t Need to Know a Champion to Be A Champion

The featured preliminary bout for UFC 238 will see undefeated juggernaut Tatiana Suarez take on Nina Ansaroff in a contest that is widely expected to bear the next woman in line to challenge for the strawweight championship. Suarez will be putting her …

The featured preliminary bout for UFC 238 will see undefeated juggernaut Tatiana Suarez take on Nina Ansaroff in a contest that is widely expected to bear the next woman in line to challenge for the strawweight championship. Suarez will be putting her perfect 7-0 record on the line and based on the monstrous odds in […]

The post Tatiana Suarez: I Don’t Need to Know a Champion to Be A Champion appeared first on MMA News.

Jessica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas 2 Shouldn’t Be Next

Rose Namajunas took a huge risk when she went down to Brazil to fight Jessica Andrade in the main event of UFC 237. Having not fought in over a year since the Conor McGregor bus incident back at UFC 223 and a decision win over Joanna Jedrzejczyk at tha…

Rose Namajunas took a huge risk when she went down to Brazil to fight Jessica Andrade in the main event of UFC 237. Having not fought in over a year since the Conor McGregor bus incident back at UFC 223 and a decision win over Joanna Jedrzejczyk at that event, Andrade went into the heart […]

The post Jessica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas 2 Shouldn’t Be Next appeared first on MMA News.

Michelle Waterson and Tatiana Suarez Disagree on Who Deserves Title Shot

Immediately after defeating Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC Philadelphia this past Saturday, Michelle Waterson began lobbying for her first title shot in the UFC. Waterson has now won three consecutive bouts and is one of the more popular female stars in …

Immediately after defeating Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC Philadelphia this past Saturday, Michelle Waterson began lobbying for her first title shot in the UFC. Waterson has now won three consecutive bouts and is one of the more popular female stars in the UFC, so whether or not she receives a title shot next, she is likely […]

The post Michelle Waterson and Tatiana Suarez Disagree on Who Deserves Title Shot appeared first on MMA News.