“I did score the first round to her, but I scored rounds two and three for me. It was a very, very even fight,” she admitted.
“I’m gonna say what I was missing, for me, was the volume striking. I believe that I had the most significant strikes, but she had more volume.
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“When she got me down, she did basically nothing on the ground. When I was able to take her down, I think it was more impressive and it was more significant. I even kind of called her (back) up because that’s what I really like to be (doing) – striking.”
That defeat lit a fire inside Souza that she has already put to good use ahead of her upcoming bout with Piera Rodriguez on Saturday night, and the 29-year-old from Manaus said she’s returning more dangerous than ever.