Jessica Aguilar could be on the verge of a UFC strawweight title shot. | Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
Jessica Aguilar has no doubt that if she defeats Claudia Gadelha at UFC 190, she is the strawweight division’s clear-cut No. 1 contender.
“Of course,” she said matter-of-factly during a recent interview on the Sherdog Radio Network’s “Beatdown” show.
Aguilar’s strong sense of self-belief didn’t arrive overnight. The former World Series of Fighting 115-pound champion -- Sherdog.com’s No. 2 ranked strawweight -- was making bold predictions many years ago, at a time when women’s MMA barely had a foothold in the sport.