October 4, 2023 8: 15 pm ET
SAN DIEGO – Cat Zingano hasactually been here inthepast, and she’s grateful to be here onceagain.
When she actions into cage versus ladies’s featherweight champ Cris Cyborg on Saturday at Bellator 300, it won’t be Zingano’s initially time completing for a significant MMA title. At UFC 184, then-undefeated Zingano made the error of blitzing bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey with a flying knee after the opening bell. Fourteen seconds lateron, the battle was over when Rousey locked in a straight armbar for the submission.
That was more than 8 years ago in February2015 A lot has altered for Zingano consideringthat then.
“My life was entirely various,” Zingano informed MMA Junkie and other pressreporters Wednesday at the Bellator 300 pre-event news conference. “There was actually a lot more survival going on at that time. Time is actually the advantage to things, finding my rhythm onceagain, simply figuring out coaches, figuring out the brand-new regular for me, and getting it called in.”
“Dialed in” is how Zingano has looked consideringthat leaving the UFC following a freak-eye injury TKO loss to Megan Ande