Tatiana Suarez ‘hit a wall’ vs. Zhang Weili at UFC 312

Kamaru Usman gave an sincere evaluation of Tatiana Suarez’s loss at UFC 312.

Suarez (11-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) was battered in a unanimous determination loss to strawweight champion Zhang Weili this previous Saturday within the UFC 312 co-main occasion at Qudos Financial institution Heart in Sydney.

Exterior of an early takedown in Spherical 1, Suarez repeatedly did not get Weili on the bottom. She was reversed on the mat and outstruck on the ft all through the struggle.

“It didn’t look good, Henry, let me simply say,” Usman stated on his “Pound 4 Pound” podcast with Henry Cejudo. “I really like Tatiana, however that didn’t look nice from her. I do know she’s higher than that.”

Like Suarez, former UFC welterweight champion Usman comes from a powerful wrestling background. Nevertheless, Usman knew that with the intention to change into champion, he needed to sharpen his arms, which led to knockout wins over the likes of Colby Covington, Gilbert Burns, and Jorge Masvidal throughout his title reign.

He didn’t see any confidence from Suarez on the ft.

“You’ve simply received to knuckle up and also you’ve simply received to go make it occur,” Usman stated. “It seemed like Tatiana’s nook was telling her, ‘Hey, let’s simply go make it occur. Stand along with her if it’s important to. Stand along with her as a result of perhaps that’ll give you a chance probably to get that takedown once more,’ and she or he simply, for some cause, she hit that wall and she or he simply didn’t need any a part of that standup. She stored going to the takedowns, which she was type of getting thrown round at one level by Zhang Weili.”

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