Priscila Cachoeira scored quite the form at UFC San Diego. In her Octagon bantamweight debut, ‘Zombie Girl’ made like a flash work of worn KSW flyweight champion Ariane Lipski, when she scored a TKO pick factual 65 seconds into the vital round.
A heavy-handed athlete, Cachoeira doesn’t try and veil the truth that she likes to anticipate the knockout in all of her outings. In an interview with Combate quickly after the pick, Priscila shared her thoughts on the victory and the fun she felt correct after getting her hand raised.
“That’s the trend I like doubtlessly the most, putting,” Cachoeira acknowledged. “I like putting, nonetheless I’m consistently coaching and taking a leer to evolve my ground sport, too. That is MMA, nonetheless there’s nothing higher than a knockout for a knockout artist. I’m the Zombie Girl. I’m for poke elated with this nickname that the UFC has given me. Genuinely, I’d beget to snatch what number of seconds became the pick, I don’t know that but.”
In the origin paired up in opposition to Lipski for a flyweight bout succor on August 6, Cachoeira saw the fight earn postponed one week as soon as Ariane neglected weight by 2.8 kilos. Having to chop weight and diet for another week became no straightforward process for Priscila, nonetheless she thanks her nutritionist and her coaching camp for being capable of energy thru it and salvage a powerful vital pick.
“It’s a runt bit laborious to attain two fight weeks in a row,” Cachoeira acknowledged. “You form one diet, you rehydrate yourself, you inaugurate eating effectively again. Then you definately need to inaugurate weight-reduction knowing again. You put collectively your mind for a fight after which nothing. Here’s the difficulty, although. I’m right here to fight. I for poke enjoy a vivid looking out nutritionist, LC, and I owe this weight cut to him. He wouldn’t sleep except I had gone to bed. I became very relaxed. I became factual awaiting the time to pass so I could per chance even come right here and I attain what I had skilled to attain for 3 months.”
On a two-fight a hit lumber, Cachoeira (12-4) scored a unanimous decision pick over Jin Yeon Kim, succor in February, sooner than knocking out Lipski. Sooner than that, the 33-twelve months-worn got submitted by Gillian Robertson by strategy of rear-bare choke, in December 2021.