- Laura Sanko roots for Miesha Tate to get another title shot
- The female UFC commentator reflected on her UFC PPV commentary debut
Thriving UFC commentator Laura Sanko reacted to Miesha Tate’s performance at UFC Austin and looked back on her UFC pay-per-view commentary debut.
Cupcake deserves a title shot
Speaking to MMA Mania, Sanko raved about Tate’s submission win over Julia Avila. For Laura, “Cupcake” proved that she deserves another title shot and there’s no better way to enter the tail-end of her career with a championship bout.
“I would love to see Miesha get a chance at the title again,” Sanko said. “I thought she looked tremendous in her last fight and that would just feel so full circle for the people of my generation. The female fighters of my generation. That would really make my heart sing if she could get another crack at that and I think she’s earned it.”
A satisfying debut
Sanko made her UFC PPV commentary debut at UFC 293 last September. To this day, she still feels thrilled whenever she relishes how satisfying the MMA world’s reaction to her performance was.
“The thing I was most nervous about when I did the pay-per-view because you know, I’ve sort of grown with the audience,” Sanko revealed. “From the diehard audience watching Invicta, to the slightly less diehard audience watching Contender Series the fight nights. But that’s a big leap to go from the fight night audience to the pay-per-view audience and when they don’t know you and haven’t sort of grown with you, there’s the tendency to be like, ‘Who is this chick? Where did this chick come from?’ So, I was definitely the most nervous about that, but I was blown away, honestly, by the reception. Never in my wildest dreams did I think Conor McGregor would tweet out praise of my work, and others as well.
“So, I was really happy with it. I can always do better and find ways to improve but I’m satisfied,” she continued.
Indeed, many were pleased by Sanko’s UFC commentary work and she is expected to do some booth time in more UFC PPV events in the future. As for Tate, she is certain a rematch with Holly Holm at UFC 300 makes sense.
Watch Sanko’s full interview below:
