Michelle Waterson Aiming to Become UFC’s First-Ever Active Mom-Champ

After losing two consecutive bouts inside the Octagon in 2017, the future became somewhat bleak for Michelle Waterson. A submission loss to Rose Namajunas and a decision loss to Tecia Torres morphed “The Karate Hottie” from would-be superstar to yesterday’s news.

But then things changed.

Waterson (17-6) turned things around against Cortney Casey at UFC on Fox 29 last April. She entered the bout as an underdog, won a split decision and then entered her next bout against Felice Herrig as an underdog. Waterson won that one bya unanimous nod and then made her way to Philadelphia on Saturday against Poland’s Karolina Kowalkiewicz. Even though the Pole was coming off a loss, the MMA experts were a…