Michelle Waterson has been a member of the UFC roster since April, but that reality still hasn’t sunk in for “The Karate Hottie.”
“I don’t think it’s gonna hit me until I actually fight,” she said. “I guess that’s how it always is. I have a lot of teammates that fight for the UFC and they all keep telling me the same thing, that a fight’s a fight, regardless, so just think of it that way and you’ll be good.”
A longtime member of the Jackson’s MMA team in Albuquerque, Waterson may be new to the UFC, but when she makes her Octagon debut this Sunday in Las Vegas against Angela Magana, she won’t be new to the spotlight, which is often half the battle when dealing with the infamous first time UFC jitters.