This coming Friday at the PFL Championships in Saudi Arabia, British star Dakota Ditcheva will have the possibility to catapult herself into superstardom with a win.
Because her introduction in the promo in 2022, flyweight phenom Dakota Ditcheva has actually turned into one of the most popular female MMA fighters throughout any promo.
After winning the PFL Europe competition in 2015, Ditcheva made her area in the worldwide league where she has actually now made her method to the last versus previous UFC title opposition, Taila Santos.
Image by Cooper Neill/Getty ImagesDakota Ditcheva responds to ‘envious’ fighters ahead of her champion battle
‘Dangerous’ Ditcheva has actually made fairly simple work of all of her challengers up until now, with a big bulk of the fanbase exceptionally delighted for her future in the sport.
With that has actually come a great deal of appreciation from fellow fighters, among which being the previous face of the PFL, Kayla Harrison, who has actually constantly spoken very highly of the 26-year-old.
With the appreciation has likewise come a lot of criticism and what Ditcheva has actually called ‘jealousy’ from other fighters.
“Definitely, there is certainly a bit of jealousy I believe, and a little aggravation from a couple of fighters and I get it,” Ditcheva confessed in an interview with MMAFighting.
“It’s a company we need to have the ability to offer these battles in order to get paid, if you wan na make money do something, like make your battle amazing or get on social networks and make an effort.
“The individuals who seethe at specific fighters generating income however if you take a look at the ones that are generating income, it’s their characters in the sport or the fighters that are doing something various.
“I do not understand why anybody is getting disappointed with me since truthfully, I’m simply getting what I can out of my years in the sport and I seem like that would be the creative thing to do,” Ditcheva included.
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Ditcheva is amazed that she is a huge favorite versus Taila Santos
As discussed in the past, the British striker has actually made very simple work of all of her challengers up until now and has actually kept her unbeaten record.
Due to the fact that of that, she is heading into her champion battle versus the previous UFC veteran as a huge preferred, which has actually shocked her a lot thinking about Santos probably beat Valentina Shevchenko in their UFC title battle.
“I’m stunned at the chances. I believed Taila Santos would’ve been the preferred, she has the awards,” Ditcheva informed New York Post Sports.
The 26-year-old Brit is presently -370, with the Brazilian at +265, with her battle versus Shevchenko being the only other time she was a clear underdog.