If the public had its way, Bethe Correia would carry a one-time only nickname into tonight’s main event with Ronda Rousey at UFC 190: "The Formality." Nobody is giving Correia much of a chance, even though she’ll be fighting on home soil in Brazil. The thing is, even thousands of Cariocas chanting morbid things (at which fighter is anybody's guess) can’t will Correia into being something she’s not.
And that is, a miracle worker.
Correia had a fine time of it beating up Rousey’s buddies to get to this point. She battered Jessamyn Duke (which, as you know, has become a bit of a pastime for women in the bantamweight division) at UFC 172, and then lit into Shayna Baszler at UFC 177.