Marion Reneau Wants Title Eliminator At UFC 224
Marion Reneau current sits at #7 in the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Division rankings and has won three of her last four in the promotion.
The top ranked fighter has an idea and that would be to fight Ketlen Vieira at UFC 224, with the winner getting the next shot at the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Title.
“I think girls who have had less victories than myself have got title shots,” Reneau said to MMA Junkie. “Best-case scenario would be that Ketlen and I fight and then the winner of Amanda and Raquel, we fight that person. I think that would be the best-case scenario. I wouldn’t mind fighting her to set up a chance at the title.”
Vieira is currently ranked #4 in the division and has won all four of her bouts in the UFC, with three wins coming by way of decision.
Reneau also believes she has found some holds in Vieira’s MMA game and the fighter would like to exploit that if they fought.
“I’m a different person and I’m at a different point in my career,” Reneau said. “I feel like this has been a good run. I’m still trying to make that run and I won’t stop until I do it. We found some holes in her game from this fight and the last fights. I’m glad she went all three rounds, so we got a better look at her. She’s improving on it.”
UFC 224 takes place on Saturday, May 12 from the Jeunesse Arena in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil with Amanda Nunes and Raquel Pennington headlining. Fightful is providing live coverage of the event, with a post-show podcast to follow.
