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Rachael Ostovich Says Everything Fell Into Place With Her TUF 26 Finale Win

December 2, 2017 | Posted by Larry Csonka
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– Rachel Ostovich (4-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) defeated “Ultimate Fighter 26” castmate Karine Gevorgyan (3-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at Friday’s TUF 26 Finale. Here is what she had to say to MMA Junkie about her win…

On Getting The Win: “Right when I saw her tapping – it’s just the realization. Everything just falling into place. All the hard work. All those tears of joy were just, basically – you’re going to make me cry again. I was just really happy to come out on the good side of things. After the craziness that went on in my personal life. It was just a really good feeling.”

On Everything She Takes On: “It can take a toll on you, being a wife, being a mom, being a fighter,” Ostovich said. “Sometimes it just gets really overwhelming – life, obviously.”

On Her Opponent Coming in Overweight: “For me, weight is something that I take very seriously,” Ostovich said. “Because I have struggled with it in the past. So, when it’s time to make weight, we’re in the UFC. We should be professional. We should all be coming in at weight. Or under. I take this very serious. I don’t think there’s any excuse to being five pounds, five and a half over in your first UFC fight. It kind of just made me a little insulted. This is my dream. So that’s how I felt. Her being overweight – I’m not worried about her being heavy. I would fight her if she was 150, I really don’t care. But just in that aspect, I felt it was kind of disrespectful.”

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