Karol Rosa wants former title challenger Mayra Bueno Silva after UFC on ESPN 71
Rosa (19-7 MMA, 8-4 UFC) got some resistance in the first round from Cornolle (9-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) at the UFC Apex. But in the second, Rosa turned on the afterburners and dominated Cornolle for a 10-8 round from two of the judges. After that, she cruised back into the win column.
Rosa won her first four fights in the UFC, but since then has alternated losses and wins for eight bouts. Perhaps even more amazingly, her fight with Cornolle was her 12th straight trip to the judges' scorecards.
Afterward, she called out a fellow Brazilian: former title challenger Mayra Bueno Silva. Silva lost a women's bantamweight title shot against then-champ Raquel Pennington in early 2024, which started her current three-fight skid. She was set to fight Joselyne Edwards this week at UFC on ESPN 72, but pulled out.
Still, Rosa wanted to shoot her shot since Bueno Silva is above her in the rankings.
Check out Rosa's post-fight news conference in the video above.
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