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Farah Hannoun and Danny Segura

Tatiana Suarez explains how she ended up fighting for strawweight title at UFC 312

Tatiana Suarez clarified why she was pulled from UFC 310 to fight for the title.

Suarez was scheduled to face Virna Jandiroba this past December at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, but withdrew due to undisclosed reasons. Many speculated another injury for Suarez, but shortly after, she was booked in a title fight against strawweight champion Zhang Weili in the co-main event of UFC 312 Feb. 8 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN2, ESPN+).

Suarez (10-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) explains how she ended up challenging Weili (25-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC).

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