Under other circumstances, Norma Dumont might already be booked into a title shot.
The UFC women’s bantamweight division does not find itself in normal circumstances these days, however. Champ Kayla Harrison is injured, recovering from neck surgery while Amanda Nunes waits in the wings, their super-fight on hold until Kayla heals up.
And so, on a six-fight win streak, Dumont (13-2) returns to action at UFC Vegas 116, taking on Joselyne Edwards, who like Dumont previously competed in the UFC’s now-defunct women’s featherweight division.
“I don’t like to stay out a year before I fight,” Dumont admitted during Wednesday’s UFC Vegas 116 media day. “Ideally, I’d like to fight every four months.”
While the logjam might bring about calls for an interim titles in other circumstances, Dumont previously tried to make such a fight happen with Nunes. “The Lioness,” coming back from retirement, wasn’t interested however.
“I don’t think so. It’s something we already tried, and Amanda wasn’t interested in the fight. I think what has to happen is them, Kayla and Amanda, have to fight. Then we can figure out who I fight next.”
Dumont, who sits at #3 and is fighting the #11 bantamweight in Edwards, waited as long as she could for a higher ranked foe, meanhwhile.
“Ideally I’d like to fight against people who are ranked above me or near me, but I spent a year and two months waiting for that and it didn’t happen,” Dumont revealed. “So I have to keep in action. Every fight is a risk, this fight is a risk also. I can’t stop because of this, I have to keep on moving forward. I think that is the best way to carry on.”
Watch the full UFC Vegas 116 media day appearance by Norma Dumont above.
