Sooner or later, Loopy Godinez knew she was going to cross paths with Tabatha Ricci. As expected, the two were paired to fight on Nov. 11 at UFC 295, which takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Godinez (10-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) knew this day would come, as the pair have rose through the ranks on a similar timeline. From fighting in the regional scene to now being in the UFC’s official strawweight rankings, both Godinez and Ricci (9-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) show plenty of promise.
“When she got in the rankings, I figured we were going to fight someday,” Godinez told MMA Junkie in Spanish. “Actually, before I was fighting in the UFC, and I was at LFA, she was also at LFA, so there could’ve even been a possibility where I fought her before the UFC. But anyway, I got in the UFC, then after she joined, and I did think that eventually I was going to fight her.”
