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Aieza Bertolso came to Dana White\u2019s Contender Series looking for a UFC contract, and she made damn sure there wasn\u2019t much to debate when it came time to hand one out.<\/p>\n
Bertolso submitted Camila Reynoso at DWCS Week 8 on Tuesday night, using a finish she had been terrorizing her teammates with throughout camp to punch her ticket to the UFC. Now that she\u2019s officially on the roster, Bertolso isn\u2019t planning on easing her way into anything. She wants fights, she wants wins, and if things go her way, she wants a UFC title sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very happy. Couldn\u2019t be happier the way things happened. That finish couldn\u2019t have come at a better time,\u201d Bertolso told reporters including Cageside Press through a translator at her post-fight scrum.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s how we planned it. I\u2019m very happy about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The finish wasn\u2019t something Bertolso pulled out of nowhere once the fight hit the ground. She had been hitting the same submission throughout camp, and once she saw the opening, it was just a matter of making the right adjustment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been training for that in camp a lot. I was just basically catching everyone in training, I was getting everybody, you notice that she got some defense in there. I figured if I adjusted a little bit, if I tightened it up, she wasn\u2019t going to be able to defend it at the end,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Bertolso knows confidence can only take a fighter so far, and she refuses to let success turn into complacency. For her, respecting the danger across the cage is exactly what keeps her prepared for whatever comes next.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think staying humble is a key to success. You have to prepare yourself, that\u2019s the most difficult opponent out there, you prepare yourself to win, but you prepare yourself to lose as well,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s how I think I prepare myself. I always think that opponent can beat me, and if you always think that the opponent in front of you, if you respect your opponent, if you always think that your opponent can beat you, you\u2019ll prepare yourself the best.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bertolso isn\u2019t looking to waste any time making her way up the division. She believes she has the complete game to finish fights wherever they go, and if everything goes according to plan, she wants gold sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know I\u2019m a complete fighter. I do have a very good stand up game, I also have a very good ground game, and I can finish fights,\u201d said Bertolso.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what I want. I want to get as many fights as possible, quick as possible, and I do feel that soon I could be fighting for a belt. I want to have some wins, and go fight for that belt as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n