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This Saturday\u2019s UFC Vegas 120 marks the return of The Ultimate Fighter Season 30<\/em> winner Juliana Miller, looking to even her record inside the octagon to 3-3 in a fight with Ravena Oliveira.<\/p>\n It hasn\u2019t been the easiest run for Miller in the UFC. \u201cKiller\u201d Miller defeated Brogan Walker in the TUF 30 finale, then dropped back-to-back fights before picking up a win over Ivana Petrovic, only to stumble against Carli Judice last time out. The losses include one to Luana Santos, who is now a ranked bantamweight, while Miller remains at 125lbs.<\/p>\n Speaking to Cageside Press in a recent interview, Miller revealed that she has a different feeling coming into her latest fight.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the most mellow I\u2019ve been in a long time, so I look forward to seeing how that adheres in the cage,\u201d Miller explained.<\/p>\n Miller attributes that mellow state to working with a sports psychologist with the UFC, and added as well that \u201cI\u2019ve kind of been through it with fights. For instance, the only fight I\u2019ve ever been finished was Luana Santos, and she\u2019s like ranked fourth in the bantamweight division right now.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve faced girls a lot bigger than me, I\u2019ve faced hard hitters, I\u2019ve faced knockout artists; Carli Judice, where the world was expecting me to get finished in 30 seconds, and she couldn\u2019t get even close to putting me away. In fact, she almost got subbed closer than I almost got knocked out.\u201d<\/p>\n Ahead of UFC Vegas 120, she continued, \u201cI just rebuilt my confidence. I believe that I belong in the UFC, and I\u2019m just ready to perform. And I think that brings me a lot of peace, because so many times you\u2019d be in your head, like \u2018do I belong here? Am I good enough? Can I do it?\u2019 And I know that I can do it. I know that I can put on a very exciting performance and get a finish.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s not taking anything away from Ravena Oliveira, added Miller. \u201cI just believe deep in my heart that this is my time.\u201d<\/p>\n While Miller\u2019s run in the UFC has been tough, she\u2019s been through struggles outside of it as well, including losing her grandmother. Now, Miller\u2019s fighting towards fulfilling a promise she made to her.<\/p>\n \u201cNow I\u2019m just prepared to sprout into a better athlete. When I won that fight [against Petrovic], I put my grandma\u2019s ashes in Ocean Beach. I promised her I would take her ashes three places. And I\u2019m choosing to do those three places after I win. One of them is Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that\u2019s the beach she grew up in, she wants her ashes there.\u201d The third spot is Minnesota, where Miller\u2019s grandfather is buried.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not a pressure, it\u2019s an excitement. When I win this fight, I get one step closer to taking all the places she wants to go,\u201d Miller continued. \u201cAnd that\u2019s exciting for me, but really this fight is just about becoming a better fighter, and a better athlete, and showing the world the skills that I have. And really just shutting people up that say I\u2019m not a killer and don\u2019t deserve my nickname and stuff like that.\u201d<\/p>\n Noting the fickle nature of fans and pointing out that they don\u2019t know what\u2019s happening in an athlete\u2019s personal life, Miller added that \u201cwhen you fall, they\u2019ll kick you when you\u2019re down, and when you thrive, they\u2019ll tell you how much they love you. Really I just want to put a stamp on it and prove a point that I am a killer, and I do belong in the UFC.\u201d<\/p>\n