Sara McMann has no ill will toward the UFC. In fact, she said the promotion that served as her home for nearly nine years took “really good care of me.”
All chapters must come to an end, however, and for McMann (13-6), it was time to move on from the UFC, where she amassed a 7-6 recent inside the octagon while fighting the likes of Ronda Rousey, Amanda Nunes, Miesha Tate and more. She recently signed a contract to join Bellator, and said it was important to find out her worth on the open market before putting pen to paper.
“Just being at a different point in my career I want to know what’s out there,” McMann told MMA Junkie. “I want to know if the fighters who are saying, ‘Oh, I make more money. I’m making killer sponsorship.’ I wanted to know if those things are real and true and if you can fight for another high quality promotion and do really, really well. And I’m really, really happy to say that that’s the case.”
