Denise Gomes won't make callouts after dominant UFC Fight Night 256 win
Denise Gomes won't make callouts after dominant UFC Fight Night 256 win
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UFC's Denise Gomes calls for strawweight contenders after TKO victory
UFC Fight Night 256 winner Denise Gomes talks to MMA Junkie and other reporters post-fight after her second-round TKO of Elise Reed in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS – Denise Gomes has a simple request to matchmakers after her UFC Fight Night 256 win: "I want someone that brings risk to me."
After running through Elise Reed (8-5 MMA, 4-5 UFC) for a TKO in less than six minutes in Saturday's strawweight bout at the UFC Apex, Gomes (11-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) said she is "unscathed" and looking to return to the octagon again in August.
Gomes isn't picky about the name she gets next, and admits she thinks more work needs to be done before she can ask for specific opponents.
"Honestly, right now I don't think I'm in a position to request anybody," Gomes told MMA Junkie through an interpreter post-fight at UFC Fight Night 256. "So, anybody in the division. Whoever they put in front of me, I know it's going to be a good fight. The big thing is just to keep on improving."
Gomes, 25, was too much for Reed from the outset of their fight. Her superior power was on display early and often, and after scoring multiple near stoppages, she finally found her fight-ending sequence in the opening moments of the second round.
The Brazilian said she could sense Reed was intimidated after she started to connect, and ultimately, she got the desired result.
"The knockout is always my goal," Gomes said. "That's the one thing I have in my arsenal that usually happens, and it's a go-to, but I've been working a lot on improving in every aspect of the fight, and I feel I was able to show a little bit in this fight. I was able to scare her a little with the grappling exchanges and the ground-and-pound, but the knockout is always something that I try to aim for."
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