Four
straight victories have Fatima Kline chasing elite competition. |
📷: Dave Mandel/Invicta FC


Fatima
Kline is aiming high after her latest win in the
Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Kline earned a dominant unanimous decision win over Tabatha
Ricci at
UFC Oklahoma City. She is now eyeing either former strawweight
champion Weili Zhang
or former title challenger Tatiana
Suarez. While Kline has had only five UFC fights, „The
Archangel“ believes her dominant performance against Ricci warrants
a high-profile matchup against Weili or Suarez next.

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Fatima Kline believes she’s ready for Weili Zhang right
now

While Kline admits that Zhang and Suarez have more experience, she
believes she can compensate with her skills. The 26-year-old is
confident that she can hold her own against the best in the
world.

“It seems like everybody thinks my greatest challenge would be
Weili,” Kline told Ariel Helwani. “I think I can beat the best in
the world, so I’d be more than happy to take that, but I could see
Tatiana as well… After a performance like I had, I do expect it to
happen immediately… I think skillset-wise I can compete at the top
of the division. Sure, they might have more experience than me, but
I don’t think in any way they have more skill than me. And that’s
why I think I can beat the best in the world.”

Kline (10-1) has won four straight bouts, with two finishes, since
her lone professional loss in her UFC debut in 2024.

Zhang (26-4) won the strawweight title for the second time in 2022
and defended it thrice before moving up to flyweight. The Chinese
star hasn’t fought since coming up short against Valentina
Shevchenko in her flyweight title bid this past November.
Meanwhile, Suarez (12-1) rebounded with a two-fight winning streak
since suffering her only professional loss in a failed strawweight
title bid against Zhang last year.

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