J. Bate-Estaca wants another chance to fight for the belt. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram jessicammapro
Jéssica ‘Bate-Estaca’ is scheduled to face Karolina Kowalkiewicz next Saturday (08), on the main card of UFC 228, and the preparation of the Paraná native received a last-minute boost: The Invicta strawweight champion, Virna jandiroba He left Kansas City, where he fought last weekend, and went to Dallas to help his compatriot. Second placed in the under-52,1 kg division ranking, Bate-Estaca needs victory to guarantee the chance to challenge the champion Rose namajunas by the belt.
Coach Gilliard ‘Paraná’, from the PRVT team, announced the fighters’ meeting on his Instagram. “And so we conclude the work for today, with this high-level training between these two beasts. PRVT at UFC! Let’s go with everything, towards the title,” he said.
In March of this year, Virna jandiroba won the Invicta strawweight belt by beating Mizuki Inoue. ‘Carcara’ remains undefeated in 14 fights in professional MMA.
Bate-Estaca competed for the strawweight belt against the former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk, but was defeated by unanimous decision at UFC 221 in May 2017. After the setback, the Brazilian returned to the path of triumphs and won two victories over Claudia gadelha e Tecia torres. Against Kowalkiewicz, the woman from Paraná wants to regain the chance of a title fight, this time against Namajunas.
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