Valerie Letourneau is no stranger to making people cry, and she’s planning on doing it again this weekend when she challenges for Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s strawweight title in the co-main event of UFC 193.
It’s not a bad thing, though one would have to consult her previous opponents to see if any of them ever shed a tear after fighting “Trouble.” Yet as far as Letourneau is concerned, if there is crying in Melbourne, Australia, those will be tears of joy.
“I hope so,” she laughs. “That’s the goal. Cry for a good reason though.”
If you’re wondering how the topic of crying comes up in an interview previewing a fistfight in front of 70,000 people in Etihad Stadium, it’s because Letourneau is no mere contender.