CURITIBA, Brazil — Every professional athlete wants money and success, and going after that was what kept Invicta FC strawweight Kinberly Novaes under unnecessary pressure.
Novaes made her promotional debut in December, losing via decision to title contender Janaisa Morandin, and returns to the cage at Saturday’s Invicta FC 30 against UFC veteran Heather Clark. Going 0-2 could mean the end of her run in the promotion, but not thinking about anything other than fighting is her secret to success now.
“The pressure I had over me in my last fights came from other people asking me all the time when I was going to the UFC, when I was going to make money, putting those thoughts in my head,” Novaes told MMA Fighting.