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Pale is preparing for his UFC debut. I’ll slowly work my way to the top, he says. How does she feel about her opponent?
“The opponent is skilful, a bit deceptive with her record. She does have a few finishes on the ground, but I think her biggest weapon will be her stance. She has great movement, kicks from every position, threatens high kicks and so on,” describes coach André Reinders. “I think the hardest task will be to catch her. She should already dominate on the ground, even though her opponent has an ending on the ground, but not against fighters of Tereza’s quality,” the respected coach believes. Pale will want to capitalize not only on her excellent preparation, but also on her newly gained experience. In the Czech Republic, she also honed her form alongside the talented national wrestling team’s Adela Hanzlíčková. “I approached her if she would like to powwrestle with me once a week. It’s great, it feels a bit like a flying day, but they are the most popular workouts. It’s nice to wrestle with a girl who has power and is better than you,” says the 20-year-old comet, who was also at the camp of UFC’s number one flyweight Manon Fiorot. “We can’t allow ourselves any doubts. We are hoping for the best, namely a first-round finish. But we will have to be ready for a three-round hard fight,” Reinders realizes. The still undefeated Bleda will have to deal with the traditional fight week in the coming week, which is mainly for media interviews.
Tereza Bledá has a big moment ahead of her. On November 19, she will have a fight among the world’s top fighters when she will make her UFC debut in Las Vegas. Getting into the star organization was a big dream for her, but she is not going to settle for just that. She’s already talking about going to the top.
Already a former Octagon champion, she has arguably the biggest challenge of her career ahead of her. At the age of 20, she’s made her way to the UFC, where she’s definitely not going to have any easy opponents.
But her path to the elite hasn’t been so easy. She hasn’t lost a professional fight yet, but when she got the chance to fight for a contract with the star organization on Dana White’s Contender Series show, she failed.
She won the fight, but Dana White’s boss didn’t offer her a contract. Subsequently, an offer came for a short-notice match, but where Teresa Pale would have been at a big disadvantage. She would have had to fight in a higher weight class, plus she would have had little time to prepare. So she refused the match.
However, flyweight star Manon Fiorot put in a good word for her, and so did her team. They publicly praised Bleda and it didn’t take long for the Czech to get a regular contract. But now she’ll have to prove she deserves it.
Currently, according to her own words, she has been training full time for eight months without a break. She has sacrificed a lot for her dream of getting into the UFC.
“I’ll take it as an accomplishment, but I’ll take a much bigger accomplishment when I show that I really belong there. It’s theUFC, now only the top of the women’s division is coming and I’ll slowly work my way to the top,” she said in an interview with Sport.com.
Pale will face a nasty Brazilian
The Czech fighter Natalia Silva, who boasts a 13-5 record, will face the UFC right away. She is therefore more experienced, moreover, she has already made her debut in the star organization and managed it successfully. She is expected to be strong on the ground, however Tereza Bledá sees it differently.
According to Bledá, the Brazilian will want to fight more in the stand-up. After all, the former Octagon champion has beaten better grounders. Her coach André Reinders sees it the same way.
It’s worth mentioning that the 20-year-old Czech trained with Adela Hanzickova, who is one of our wrestling elite.
Bledá goes into the match with a clear goal. To win. “We can’t allow any doubts. We hope for the best, and that is finishing in the first round. But we’ll have to be ready for a three-round tough match as well,” Reinders points out.
Source:: Sport.cz, UFC, Sherdog, Tereza Bledá
