Mayra
Bueno Silva has seemingly given up on her flyweight title
aspirations.
While Silva started herUltimate
Fighting Championship career at flyweight, she soon moved up to
bantamweight, where she had a lot of success. However, “Sheetara”
dropped backed to flyweight for her last outing against Jasmine
Jasudavicius this past February. Silva suffered a unanimous
decision loss against the Canadian at UFC
Saudi Arabia, which put her on a three-fight slump.
Silva revealed that the UFC advised her against moving down to
flyweight for her last outing. Having failed to deliver the show
she had promised, Silva has now decided to move back to 135 pounds
for good. The Brazilian has already called for a matchup against
Irene
Aldana, who is seemingly down with an injury at the moment.
Silva hopes to trade leather against Aldana at Noche UFC in
September or sometime later this year.
“I have a dream [of] fighting flyweight for the belt but it’s not
for me… I’m back at my weight class because I’m a bantamweight,”
Aldana told MMAjunkie.com. “I’m better at bantamweight…
September, I ask for Irene
Aldana. It’s a very fun fight, for me very dangerous, [she’s a]
very good boxer. But she’s hurt now… So September, November.”