Alice Ardelean Is Feeling At Peace

If we’re being objective, 2024 had a lot of positives for Alice Ardelean to take in. But, as a fighter, all she’ll refer back to were the losses in her two UFC bouts against Shauna Bannon and Melissa Martinez.

“It sucks to lose, it sucks to lose two times in a row, and it sucks to lose two times in a row in the UFC, on top of everything,” said Romania’s Ardelean, who makes her third Octagon start this weekend against Rayanne Dos Santos.

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The Bannon fight was a split decision in favor of the Ireland native, and the Martinez fight was a lot closer than the judges’ 30-27 scores would indicate. In other words, Ardelean…