“Nine cats, which is a lot of cats,” she said, smiling. “It’s like I have a cat for a contract: I get a UFC contract, and I get a cat, but I don’t plan it — they just come into my life.”
Like el pequeño gato negro, the fight with Nunes just kind of found its way into Aldana’s lap, but that doesn’t mean the talented bantamweight hasn’t been doing her homework on the champion and preparing for this moment for some time.
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Saturday’s fight may have come together hastily and in the waning days of a camp spent readying for someone else, but Aldana has had “The Lioness” in her sights for some time, and believes she’s fully prepared to share the Octagon with her this weekend.
“We always knew the opportunity to fight Amanda was going to come sooner or later, and thought that maybe after my fight with Macy Chiasson, the opportunity will come,” explained this weekend’s title challenger, who enters off back-to-back stoppage wins over Chiasson and Yana Santos, having won four of her last five. “As soon as I finished that fight and came home, I started getting ready for Amanda just in case.
