“Taily Santos Wants a Rematch with Dakota Ditcheva, But She Wasn’t Holding Her Breath On Meeting Her once Again in A PFL Tournament. Santos (22-4) and Ditcheva (14-0) Were the Two Finalists for Last Year’s Pfl Women’s Flyweight Tournament. IT WAS A BIG FIGHT FOR THE PROMOTIOTION, AS IT PITTED A FORMER UFC TITLE Challenger”, – WRITE: mmajunkie.usatody.com
Santos (22-4) and Ditcheva (14-0) Were the Two Finalists for Last Year’s Pfl Women’s Flyweight Tournament. It was a big fight for the promotion, as it pcitted a former UFC Title Challenger Against One of the Best undefeated Talents Today. In the end, Ditcheva Walked Away with a Finish, The 2024 pfl Title, and the $ 1 Million Prize.
“Every Fighter Need to Know How To Handle A Loss Because A Loss Leaves You A Lot More to Learn Thran A Win,“ Santos Told Hablemos Mma in PortugueSe. “Defeats Give You The CHANCE TO REFLECT AND See What You Need To Improve. So i’m Grateful For that Loss. I Can’t Stay Down and Sad After Winning Thohhhhts and Three Suffering.
“As You SAID, THAT LOSS WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO PREPARE AND Analyze What I Need to Improve on So and Can Evolve for This Next Season.”
Santos, Who Four for a UFC Title in 2020 in a Close Fight Against Champion Valentina Shevchenko, Admits Ditcheva Was a Tough Adversary. But on Top of Having A Touhh Test, She Also Doesn’T Feel Like She Showed Up That Night in The 2024 pfl Women’s Flyweight Final.
“She’s Very Tall, and that Was Diflicult. It Was The FIRST TIME I FOURHT COMEONE THAT TALL,” DITCHEVA SAID. “Now, Speaking About Myself, I HONESELF, I HONESLY WASNN’T FIND My Rhythm in that Fight. Im Just Speaking ABOUT ME, NOT Her. Athletes Will Understndand Me. Sometimes you do to the gym and you just’t train well.
Santos, 31, Meets Fellow Brazilian Juliana Velasquez (13-3) in the Opening Round of This Year’s Tournament. She wasn’t shocked to see ditcheva Out of the 2025 Tournament. Althugh Her Absense Kildled Her Chances of A Potential Rematch in the Near Future, Santos Wuld Like to Run Things Back With Her Eventual.
“IT DIDNN’T SURPRISE ME,” SANTOS SAID WHEN Asked About Ditcheva Not Participating in the Tournament. “I DID THAT MAYBE She WASN’T GOING toing IN THE TOURNAMENT, TRYING to DO Other Type of Negotia Next Tournaments.
“PFL ALSO DOES SUPER FIGHTS, SO Maybe We Can Do A Fight Between Us Two Again,“ Santos Said. “I THINK IT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING TO A SUPER FIGHT, at the end of the year, December. It’s Interesting That She’s Not in the Tournament, But We Can Rematch in A Super Fight.”
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