LAS VEGAS – UFC president Dana White thinks it’s a bad call for former strawweight champion Carla Esparza to wait for a title shot. Esparza (18-6 MMA, 9-4 UFC), who’s won her past five fights in a row, felt snubbed when the title shot was handed to Zhang Weili, who just lost her title to Rose Namajunas by first-round knockout earlier this year at UFC 261. In a recent interview with MMA Junkie , Esparza said that, with Mackenzie Dern now out of the picture and Namajunas and Weili set to rematch in just three weeks at UFC 268, she’s content to wait for the winner. White, however, thinks that would be a mistake. “I don’t ever agree with that,” White told reporters, including MMA Junkie, on Tuesday at the UFC Apex.
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