“I tried to choose my hair and prop kind of according to how I was feeling, but also what I was watching at the time, so a lot of it is Dragon Ball,” Modafferi said of the iconic, foundational anime series that has spanned generations, featuring characters who undergo personal evolution and growth, as displayed by the color of their hair.
“I tried to show my evolution with the hair. So the first Dragon Ball cosplay was in the house of The Ultimate Fighter 26. I wore my black wig, which was just normal Goku. Then when I fought Barb (Honchak), I wore the yellow hair, which is like being one level up. I felt leveled up from my last fight, and the Super Sayian hair represented that.”
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“I leveled up again, so I wore the blue against Sijara (Eubanks),” the 39-year-old said. “Although I lost that fight, one of my favorite photos of me ever taken is from this fight. Everyone was cheering loudly and I walked out onto the stage and someone in the crowd yelled ‘blue, blue blue!’ and I had my arms flexed and I pointed at them, and I thought it looked so cool.”Following a win over Honchak that marked her first UFC victory, Modafferi had surpassed her limits, leveling up once more to Super Saiyan blue.
