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Rosa will open the show against Lina
Lansberg at Saturday’s highly-anticipated
UFC 280 card.
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The Brazilian is confident she can rebound from a loss to Sara McMann
in her last outing to continue her rise in the bantamweight
division.
“I had four straight wins until my last fight,” Rosa told
Sherdog.com. “I know Lina likes to fight on her feet and so do I.
She is coming off two straight defeats, I am coming off one, but I
don’t feel pressure. I’m really hungry to get back in the win
column.”
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on ESPN+ If she is victorious against Lansberg,
Rosa already has her next potential opponent in mind.
“I really wanted to fight Raquel
Pennington. She’s fifth in the [UFC] rankings and it would be a
good fight for me because her fighting style fits well with mine.
But she already has a fight scheduled [against Ketlen
Vieira]. So, I have in mind Pannie
Kianzad, who is above me [ranked seventh] and I’m sure it would
be a great fight fight too.”
The Parana Vale Tudo fighter will be missing head trainer Gilliard
Parana in her corner at UFC 280. Parana could not travel to Abu
Dhabi due to personal issues, but Rosa says his absence will not
affect her performance.
“This will be the first time without my master Parana,” Rosa said.
“I’m sad because he won’t be there, but he trusts me and I’ll win
for us. And, of course, I will dedicate the victory to him.”
Rosa will be cornered by PRVT head coach Daniel Oliveira, muay thai
coach Antonucio Conceição and physical trainer Marcos Menezes, all
of whom are traveling from Rio de Janeiro. Rosa was initially
scheduled to leave Las Vegas on Sunday and arrive in Abu Dhabi on
Monday night, but a flight cancellation altered those plans.
“I was supposed to go from Las Vegas to Chicago and from there, to
Abu Dhabi,” she said. “With the flight canceled, now I’m going to
London and I’ll only arrive in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. But those
troubles just motivate me more. Nothing in my life is
easy.”