April 26, 2024 8: 45 am ET
It’s no coincidence Savannah Marshall ended in the verysame MMA promo as boxing competitor Claressa Shields.
In October 2022, Shields beat Marshall in the ring. But in a cage, it stays to be seen who would stay supreme. If all goes according to strategy, battle fans must anticipate the rematch to take location under the PFL banner. In truth, that’s the driving element as to why Marshall is transitioning to MMA.
“That’s the objective,” Marshall justrecently informed MMA Junkie. “The objective isn’t actually battling me in a league or anything like that. The objective is to make a accumulation and basically have a battle with Claressa in the cage.”
Marshall, 32, stated she was approached by PFL following the boxing match with Sheilds at O2 Arena in London. Shields had currently made the dive, however the concept of night things up was too excellent to pass up – especially as Marshall had currently explored with going down the MMA course.
“In 2013, I strolled into an MMA healthclub and desired to provide it a go duetothefactthat I simply seen that MMA was actually taking off, specifically for ladies. I did about one or 2 sessions and I keepinmind believing, ‘Oh, this is too much for me to grasp.’ So I kind of turned my back on it then. In the lockdown onceagain, I simply saw there was a lot of chances occurring for ladies in MMA. So I had a c