{"id":982,"date":"2026-05-07T09:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=982"},"modified":"2026-05-07T09:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:43:12","slug":"ufcs-tatiana-suarez-biding-her-time-for-another-title-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=982","title":{"rendered":"UFC\u2019s Tatiana Suarez biding her time for another title shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Tatiana Suarez got her UFC title shot and wants another one. For now, she is being patient.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=980\">UFC 327: Carlos Ulberg wins UFC light heavyweight belt with 1st-round KO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Should her name get called as the victor after fighting Loopy Godinez at UFC 327 on Saturday in Miami, the strawweight contender might be a little more vocal about fighting for the belt again.<\/p>\n<p>Titleholder Mackenize Dern of Huntington Beach hasn\u2019t fought since October when she outpointed Virna Jandiroba for the vacant title \u2013 after champion Weili Zhang decided to move up to unsuccessfully challenge for Valentina Shevchenko\u2019s flyweight crown \u2013 and would pose a tantalizing challenge for the Covina native.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m about to be like, \u2018Mackenzie, when I take you down, you\u2019re not gonna hit me more than I hit you,\u2019\u201d Suarez, 35, said in an interview on Thursday. \u201c\u2018So you have another thing coming. You ain\u2019t gonna outstrike me on the ground like you did Virna.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now living in Las Vegas, Suarez (12-1) has earned her stripes in the UFC ever since earning her contract after winning \u201cThe Ultimate Fighter\u201d reality show in 2016. Amid a slew of injuries, Suarez went 7-0 in the UFC before running into Zhang in February 2025 at UFC 312 in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s coming off a unanimous-decision victory over fellow former title challenger Amanda Lemos in September. Suarez admits coming into the fight \u201ca little stressed\u201d after her first loss and a lengthier layoff than preferred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had taken a little bit of time off. A lot of times with these, because our weight class gets a little kind of tied up and stuff, sometimes we\u2019re waiting around for fights and that\u2019s not a good thing, especially when you\u2019re at the top,\u201d the former Northview High wrestling star said of her victory, which was scored 29-28 by all three judges. \u201cSo it kind of sucks. But that\u2019s where I was and so I had a long layoff. I had just come off a loss, I was a little stressed, and then, you know, I was just trying to focus on what she did and less focus on what I needed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The defeat to Zhang was a setback, but not of a monstrous magnitude considering Suarez has overcome thyroid cancer and major knee and neck surgeries.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>All three judges scored the opening round for Suarez. In the second round, Suarez suffered a freak injury when her right knee was gouged open against the cage during a takedown attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=973\">PFL returns to San Diego in June with A.J. McKee vs. Salamat Isbulaev<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just know that I felt it and then it hurt,\u201d said Suarez, who had blood dripping down her leg. \u201cAnd then all of a sudden, I looked down, and I was like, in the middle of the body lock. And then, I don\u2019t know, I fell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In no way does Suarez point to the knee for the loss. Zhang is regarded as one of the top 115-pounders of all time and definitely took the fight to Suarez, winning the four final rounds.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, it\u2019s tough not to consider how the injury affected Suarez. After the fight, she received multiple stitches outside and inside her knee and her torn bursa sac was removed.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think for me, it was more mental. Yeah, it didn\u2019t feel good when it was rubbing against the canvas. Like, I can deal with pain. I think for me I was nervous to get on my knee,\u201d she said. \u201cI was really messing with my head. And I was nervous. I was nervous that if I got on my knee, it might split more. I was genuinely concerned. I was like, \u2018I don\u2019t (expletive) know. What if it drags and it just pulls open?\u2019 In my mind, I was cringing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No stranger to top competition, Godinez (14-5) rebounded from unanimous-decision losses to Jandiroba and Dern to outpoint Julia Polastri in March 2025 and former champ Jessica Andrade in August.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez says Godinez, 32, has good striking and grappling, only she believes she\u2019s better in all phases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019ll come down to physicality. She\u2019s very physical,\u201d Suarez said. \u201cShe\u2019s a very strong Mexican lady, just like me. Yeah, battle of the Mexicans. But I just know that I want to get my hand raised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=971\">Pasadena trainer Canto \u2018TNT\u2019 Robledo to be inducted in National Boxing Hall of Fame<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>UFC 327<\/h4>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0Saturday<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Kaseya Center, Miami<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to watch:<\/strong>\u00a0Paramount+ (prelims 2:30 p.m.; main card 6 p.m.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Covina native, who came up short for the strawweight crown 14 months ago, expects a physical fight from Loopy Godinez in their bout Saturday at UFC 327.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-verified-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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