Carla Esparza has two rematches to consider for her next fight in the UFC: Rose Namajunas or Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Though the former strawweight champion would prefer a crack at gold and another meeting against Namajunas right now, she has also expressed interest in avenging a loss to Jedrzejczyk in the near future.
Esparza cemented herself as the No. 1 contender with an impressive five-fight win streak that was punctuated with a second-round technical knockout of Yan Xiaonan at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt this past May. The ‘Cookie Monster’ figured that a dominant performance over a streaking contender like Xiaonan was enough to earn the championship opportunity she had been working her way towards over the years.