“Obviously, I’m not gonna say no, so I took it,” said Godinez, who then flew to Denver to get some training in and take care of her visa before flying to Las Vegas for the fight.
“Honestly, I wasn’t a hundred percent,” she admits. “I cut a lot of weight, and I was still coming off COVID. So there were a lot of negative things in my way, and even with all of that, people thought I won, and people who don’t know me were like, she did great. People that knew me knew I was not right. I wasn’t happy with that, but at the same time, I did it with all those bad scenarios that I had, so I’m proud of myself for showing up and doing my best.”
Needless to say, Godinez moved on, and on Saturday, the popular 115-pounder feels like she’s going to show UFC fans the real Loopy.
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“I belong in the UFC and it’s gonna show on October 9th,” she said. “I actually got to train properly, I got a full camp in, my weight is great, I feel strong, so I’m real excited for this one. For me, this is like my first UFC fight just because I’m enjoying the process and on fight week I’m going to be taking in and enjoying every single moment. It could be my first fight that I actually enjoy in there, because the last fight, it was a lot of stress for me.”
So she learned not to take short-notice fights after just recovering from COVID-19, right?
“Honestly, I would do it again,” Godinez chuckles. “Losing a fight sucks, but I’d rather die trying than never try.”
That’s tough.
