{"id":462601,"date":"2022-11-08T16:05:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T00:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=462601"},"modified":"2022-11-08T16:05:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T00:05:01","slug":"carla-esparza-relishing-in-underdog-role-ahead-of-ufc-281-title-defense-against-weili-zhang-its-always-great-to-win-but-to-silence-all-the-doubters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/carla-esparza-relishing-in-underdog-role-ahead-of-ufc-281-title-defense-against-weili-zhang-its-always-great-to-win-but-to-silence-all-the-doubters\/","title":{"rendered":"Carla Esparza relishing in underdog role ahead of UFC 281 title defense against Weili Zhang: &#8220;It\u2019s always great to win, but to silence all the doubters&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC women&#8217;s strawweight champion Carla Esparza is happy to be the underdog this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Cookie Monster&#8217; is set to return for the first time since her controversial win over <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/rose-namajunas\/\">Rose Namajunas<\/a> in May. While their first outing eight years prior was a dominant win for Esparza, the second encounter wasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, not much happened at all. The five-round strawweight title fight at UFC 274 saw little to no action for 25 minutes. At the end of the contest, it was Esparza who walked away with the victory by a split decision.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s likely because of that lackluster victory in May that Carla Esparza is a massive underdog for this weekend. Standing opposite the champion will be another former title holder in Weili Zhang. &#8216;Magnum&#8217; sent<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/joanna-jedrzejczyk\/\"> Joanna Jedrzejczyk<\/a> into retirement with a massive knockout in June.<\/p>\n<p>While many wouldn&#8217;t be happy in the underdog role, Esparza seems thrilled, as she revealed in an interview with <em>MMAFighting<\/em>. For her, the territory isn&#8217;t new, as she&#8217;s been the underdog for most of her six-fight winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>For Carla Esparza, beating the doubters and pulling another upset is a win in itself.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_394000\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-394000\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-394000 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Carla-esparza-Rose-Namajunas.jpg\" alt=\"Carla-esparza-Rose-Namajunas\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Carla-esparza-Rose-Namajunas.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Carla-esparza-Rose-Namajunas-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Carla-esparza-Rose-Namajunas-640x367.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-394000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PhotoCred: MMA Fighting (Esther Lin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt is funny,\u201d Esparza stated \u201cBefore, I would say early in my career it would kind of bum me out like \u2018hey, I\u2019m a good fighter!\u2019 But now it just makes me smile and laugh. Like I know that I have a little secret but people [say] this is going to happen or that is going to happen and I\u2019m just like OK but deep down I have my secret like you\u2019ll see.&#8221; (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/11\/8\/23443700\/carla-esparza-it-makes-me-smile-and-laugh-that-people-still-doubt-me-ahead-of-zhang-weili-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>MMAFighting<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p id=\"vqCg5R\">\u201cBut I don\u2019t need to talk about it,&#8221; She continued. &#8220;That\u2019s been the style of my coach and my team since I\u2019ve been there. Do your talking in the cage. I don\u2019t need to tell you what I\u2019m going to do. I\u2019m going to show you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"QsSgiQ\">She continued, \u201c&#8230;It\u2019s always great to win but to silence all the doubters, there\u2019s a little bit of extra satisfaction to that. Unfortunately or fortunately, it\u2019s something I\u2019ve gotten to do a lot in my career. I\u2019m a betting underdog usually and my friends and family have thanked me because I\u2019ve won them a lot of money in the past. It is what it is. I definitely don\u2019t mind being the underdog.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you make of these comments? Do you think she&#8217;ll pull off the upset? Sound off in the comment section below PENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC women&#8217;s strawweight champion Carla Esparza is happy to be the underdog this weekend. &#8216;Cookie Monster&#8217; is set to return for the first time since her controversial win over Rose Namajunas in May. While their first outing eight years prior was a dominant win for Esparza, the second encounter wasn&#8217;t. 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