WASHINGTON — Yana Kunitskaya ’s injury in her last fight wasn’t all negative, after all. The Russian fighter suffered a broken nose in her last trip to the octagon in March against Marion Reneau – a fight she won via unanimous decision. Now, leading up to her next contest at Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 7, Kunitskaya’s recuperation process from the broken nose played a role in preparing her for the challenge in front of her – Aspen Ladd, who’s known for her strong and dominant grappling. “Usually, I’m trying to prepare for every kind of situation, I’m not waiting that she will only be wrestling,” Kunitskaya said at Thursday’s UFC on ESPN 7 media day. “I think she’s improved in her striking too, but because my nose was broken, I couldn’t spar for a long time. I spent a lot of time wrestling and grappling, so I was kind of forced to spend a lot of time and improve in wrestling
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