Virna Jandiroba has been calling for a shot in the UFC for more than three years now, and it took a while before she was finally offered a deal.
The jiu-jitsu specialist grabbed the microphone and shouted “Dana White, my time is now” after a win over UFC veteran Ericka Almeida in April 2017 in Brazil. The UFC never called, but Invicta FC did.
Jandiroba needed less than a year to score three wins in the United States, capturing and defending the Invicta FC strawweight championship. Just as she was preparing to defend the title again in June, the UFC finally called.