Now married and champ again, the Irvine resident and Redondo Union High grad takes on the former champion in Saturday’s co-main event at Madison Square Garden
“The wedding was amazing. I couldn’t have been happier. It was the best day of my life,” Esparza said in a phone interview Tuesday. “The honeymoon was fantastic. Like, I couldn’t have asked for a better honeymoon. You can’t get much more romantic than Bora Bora, and it was everything we wanted and more.”
“Just going through this camp, I’m like, ‘This is so much easier,’” Esparza, 35, said. “Every fight camp is difficult, and, you know, comes with a lot of training and a lot of long days, being tired, a busy schedule. But you know, this was definitely less stressful than the last one, that’s for sure.”
“I see obvious physicality in her. She’s obviously very strong and a great athlete. And I feel like she’s getting better and better over the years as well,” Esparza said of Zhang, who fights out of Beijing and trained in Thailand for this fight. Her win over Namajunas – a rematch of the Season 20 final of the UFC reality show “The Ultimate Fighter” on Dec. 12, 2014, whento become the first 115-pound champion in UFC history – was hardly highlight-reel material.
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