Tatiana Suarez

Tatiana Suarez returned to action after nearly four years away with a submission win on the main card of UFC Fight Night 220.

The 32-year-old’s performance showed no signs of any lingering health issues, as she wasted little time introducing De La Rosa to the dominant wrestling that has defined her MMA career. Plenty of fans were looking forward to Suarez’s return as a highlight of UFC Fight Night 220, and a number of UFC fighters were thrilled to see her compete again. Injuries unfortunately halted Suarez’s momentum and kept her out of action for nearly four years, but UFC Fight Night 220 saw her return to action against Montana De La Rosa in a women’s flyweight bout.

Tatiana Suarez makes her long-awaited return to the octagon! Check out our UFC odds series for our Suarez-De La Rosa prediction and pick.

De La Rosa will have to be smart and bring the fight to Suarez in her return back. De La Rosa will be severely outmatched in the wrestling department. Montana De La Rosa is 12-7 in her professional career and 5-3 in the UFC. Almost four years is a crazy amount of time to miss for a fighter, so there’s a real question as to how Suarez will look in the cage. She finally feels healthy and will be excited to make her return in this fight. After three years and eight months outside of the octagon, Tatiana Suarez will be making her long awaited return to the octagon to square off against hungry contender Montana De La Rosa.

Tatiana Suarez shined in her return to competition from a 1258-day layoff when she finished Montana De La Rosa at UFC Fight Night 220.

Rafael Alves via majority decision (29-27, 29-27, 28-28)](“https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2023/02/ufc-fight-night-220-results-nurullo-aliev-decisions-rafael-alves-despite-point-deduction-biting”) Victor Martinez via knockout (knees, punches) – Round 1, 2:33](“https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-fight-night-220-nikita-krylov-ryan-spann-play-by-play-live-results”) [Ode Osbourne def. Charles Johnson via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)](“https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-fight-night-220-nikita-krylov-ryan-spann-play-by-play-live-results”) [Joe Solecki def. Gabriella Fernandes via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)](“https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-fight-night-220-nikita-krylov-ryan-spann-play-by-play-live-results”) [Jordan Leavitt def. Erick Gonzalez via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 4:59](“https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2023/02/ufc-fight-night-220-video-trevor-peek-buzzer-beating-first-round-knockout-erick-gonzalez”) [Jasmine Jasudavicius def. Yohan Lainesse via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 1, 4:15](“https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-fight-night-220-nikita-krylov-ryan-spann-play-by-play-live-results”) [Trevor Peek def.

Undefeated strawweight Tatiana Suarez recently returned to the octagon after a hiatus of almost four years. Suarez took on Montana De La Rosa in a one-off ...

The 32-year-old then plans to make a run for the UFC strawweight title and defend it multiple times before thinking of a move-up. Losing out on almost four years of her prime did not deter Tatiana Suarez. She was being compared to Khabib Nurmagomedov going into her bout against Nina Nunes in 2019, when she suffered a neck injury. Then I picked myself up like I always do and I literally was on the aerodyne bike with one leg and two arms and just going H.A.M. So I just picked myself back up and then here I am.” The 32-year-old displayed her old brilliance, thoroughly dominating her opponent en route to a second-round submission win.

UFC Vegas 70: Muniz vs. Allen took place Sept. 25 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Once considered a top contender, Tatiana Suarez (8-0) returned from a ...

They jockey for position in the clinch until Suarez jumps guard on a guillotine, and after a brief struggle, De La Rosa is forced to tap. De LA Rosa makes it up and avoids a whizzer kick before putting her on the fence. Looking for a keylock, can’t get it, moves to front headlock when De La Rosa gets to her knees. [Montana De La Rosa](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4302/montana-de-la-rosa) full fight video highlights from their [UFC Vegas 70](https://www.mmafighting.com/fight-card/1371/ufc-vegas-70-krylov-vs-spann) main card showdown Saturday night, courtesy of the UFC and other outlets. Solid knee from Suarez with a minute to go. Suarez ties up and they battle for grips until Suarez hauls her to the fence.

After well over three years on the sidelines, Tatiana Suarez returned to action at UFC Vegas 70, submitting Montana De La Rosa in a flyweight match-up.

Suarez was able to transition to the back, but De La Rosa found just enough space to scramble up, driving Suarez into the cage. De La Rosa kept her guard closed, and scooted back to the fence. From there, they moved to the fence, Suarez driving De La Rosa up against it.

Tatiana Suarez picked right up where she left off with a submission win over Montana De La Rosa in her first fight back in early four years at UFC Vegas 70.

Despite a valiant effort to break free, De La Rosa eventually had to tap out as Suarez moved to 9-0 in her career with a perfect 6-0 campaign in the UFC. From there, Suarez methodically started working her ground and pound game with De La Rosa trying to scramble back to her feet. The end came at 2:51 in the second round after Suarez latched onto the choke with no plans of letting go until De La Rosa either tapped or went to sleep.

The long-awaited and highly anticipated return of Tatiana Suarez happened at UFC Vegas 70 and she returned to form as she submitted Montana Del La Rosa in ...

I would love to fight somebody like Rose or whoever they gave me really. So I would love to fight somebody like Rose. “I want to fight all the best people. I’ve told multiple people I would go down the entire roster if I could. I’m not scared to fight the best people because that means I’m the best. “I don’t think anybody wants to see me fight Carla again.

Tatiana Suarez is eager to take on the best fighters the UFC has to offer, but she's not interested in rematching a former champion.

Esparza became the UFC’s inaugural strawweight champion in 2014, but the 35-year-old lost her title when she met Joanna Jędrzejczyk at UFC 185. That infamous second meeting with Rose Namajunas turned out to be one of the most Suarez’s return was one of the major talking points for fans leading up to the event, and the undefeated fighter returned in

Tatiana Suarez made her long-awaited return at UFC Fight Night 220, where she defeated Montana De La Rosa via second-round submission in a flyweight bout.

I just think that I want to fight all the great people. I just think it’s fun to fight.” When I say I want to fight them, I’m not trying to be disrespectful. “I want to fight all the best people. I’m not scared to fight the best people, because that means I’m the best. I don’t mind doing that because that’s how my mom and my grandma raised me to be.