Loopy Godinez 'living the dream,' entered UFC on ESPN 64 with full confidence despite two-fight skid
On the prelims of the event at Arena CDMX, Godinez (13-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) defeated Julia Polastri in what turned out to be one of the best fights of the entire night. Godinez clearly took the first two rounds of the fight, but Polastri (13-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC) made it an all-out brawl in the last frame.
Throughout it all, the crowd chanted for the Aguascalientes-born Godinez, which was something the 31-year-old strawweight certainly expected fighting on home soil.
'I wasn't surprised,' Godinez told MMA Junkie and other reporters during a post-fight news conference. 'I knew it was going to be a crazy night. I know I have all the Mexicans behind me, and I wasn't wrong.'
Godinez came into this matchup in a tough spot. She dropped back-to-back unanimous decisions to Virna Jandiroba and Mackenzie Dern, but those outcomes had no bearing on this fight, according to Godinez.
'I don't put stress like that on myself, because I'm living the dream,' Godinez said. 'I knew because I had such a great training camp and I knew how it went and how I was doing in my training camp, I knew I was going to get the win tonight.'
Check out Godinez's full post-fight interview in the video above.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for UFC on ESPN 64.
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