Norma Dumont (L) of Brazil punches Ashlee Evans-Smith in their women's bantamweight bout during the UFC Fight Night at UFC APEX on November 28, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Norma Dumont is trying to move to the bantamweight division for her next fight
Dumont earned a hard-earned victory over Felicia Spencer earlier this week at UFC Fight Night 188. The 30-year old women’s featherweight won the fight via. a narrow split decision after going toe-to-toe with the Canadian.
Dumont is now 6-1 in her MMA career, with 2 wins and one loss in the UFC, and was recently asked about a possible fight against the women’s GOAT Amanda Nunes.
The Brazilian was brutally honest with her answer, as she said that she wouldn’t stand a chance against the two division women’s champion.
Dumont also brought up the mistake Spencer did by taking up a title fight against Nunes too quickly. Despite trying her best Spencer was not able to outstrike Nunes, as she was dominated for the entire 5 rounds, at UFC 250.
Dumont told Ag fight:
“I need more fights. I need to know myself better in the Octagon before I face an athlete as experienced as Amanda. In fact, I think that was a mistake of Felicia’s. People say: ‘Oh, she just came from a title fight’. To me, it was a title fight she shouldn’t have taken. It was a five-round beating. It’s not that she has no chance, maybe the timing wasn’t right. I don’t want that to happen to me.” [via Bloody Elbow]
She then continued, explaining how she is planning on a move to the bantamweight division:
“Losing is not the problem. The problem is having no chance of winning. That’s bad. An athlete needs to mature. For that reason, we’re trying to drop to the bantamweight division. That way I can have five, six more fights. Then we’ll say: ‘Ok, now Norma knows herself in the Octagon 100%’. Then I’ll face anyone who has the belt.” [via Bloody Elbow]
Dumont seemed confident of performing better in the bantamweight division. If she does and begins moving up in the rankings, she would once again have to beat Amanda Nunes.
But, the point Dumont is trying to make is that, she needs a bit of time and experience in the biggest MMA promotion in the world, to take on the best of the best.
Once she is comfortable and finds her groove, she might probably aim bigger and higher. For now, it is the drop down to the bantamweight division.
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