“I waited a couple weeks, maybe one month, and I posted, ‘Okay, let’s go, Irene Aldana,” she added before pausing. “She’s very good, but I see her fights, and I know I can beat her.”
While nothing materialized of the call-out, the fact that Cavalcanti targeted those three veterans is another of those indications that she understands her current situation and is looking to make the most of it.
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The bantamweight division has been in a state of flux for the last couple of years following the retirement of Amanda Nunes, the decline and departure of a few other key names, and the ascent of a new wave of talent making a push forward; a group that very much includes Cavalcanti. An unbeaten record inside the Octagon and heaps of upside are usually two important variables to pack if you’re looking to fight forward, but she was realistic with her call-out as well, targeting veterans whose names ring out, but that are needing to get things moving in the right direction.
“I don’t want to have a rush because I know the girls in the Top 5 have more experience, and I have to climb the mountain,” she said when asked about targeting that specific group of athletes.
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