Loopy Godinez, a UFC strawweight fighter, turned heads during her March 29, 2025, fight against Julia Polastri at UFC Mexico City. In the second round, cameras caught her telling her corner, “Holy sh*t, I need to poop,” a clip that went viral after her unanimous decision win. Speaking to Ariel Helwani on March 31, 2025, the 31-year-old opened up about being sick before the weigh-ins, battling chills and stomach trouble from Friday through fight night. Despite feeling awful, she stayed tough at Arena CDMX.
Caught on Camera
Between rounds two and three, Godinez said, “Holy sh*t, I need to poop,” to her corner.
The live broadcast aired it, shocking viewers and sparking laughs as it spread fast online.
Loopy Godinez had one of the scariest things that can ever happen to an MMA fighter happen tonight…
“HOLY S**T I NEED TO POOP!!!” 💩 #UFCMexico pic.twitter.com/dRIKs2qrDa
— FULL SEND MMA (@full_send_mma) March 30, 2025
Her Side of the Story
Thankfully, Godinez stayed calm, and nothing went wrong. Fans might not know how close she was to a big oops.
“I was pretty much sick when I go into the fight,” Godinez told Helwani. “And then my stomach wasn’t feeling great when I started hydrating. Then, in the cage in the second round, I just felt something, and I just said it with no filters, and that happened on-camera. If it was 5 rounds, it would have been bad.”
“Now that I’m putting a lot of the stuff together, everything makes sense,” Godinez recounted to Helwani. “So, I was pretty much sick when I go into the fight. [Before the fight] I went for a walk, and I was getting the chills. I tell my coach ‘I’m so cold, I feel weird,’ and he’s like it’s because your body fat is so low.”
Cutting weight to 115 pounds for strawweight often leaves fighters drained, and Godinez felt that hard on Friday, March 28. A walk in Mexico City’s cool weather, around 60°F that day per local reports, brought on chills she tried to shrug off as a side effect of her lean frame, not sickness.
“It was like weird chills when you’re getting sick, but I was like ‘there is no way I’m putting that into my brain that I’m getting sick right now. I’m not doing that to myself.’ So I’m like ‘maybe I’m just sick, my body fat is too low,’” she added.
Fighters often push through mental hurdles during fight week, and Godinez stayed positive, refusing to admit she might be ill. Low body fat can indeed cause cold sensitivity, but her chills hinted at something more, like a bug she didn’t want to acknowledge.
“My stomach wasn’t great, when I started [re]hydrating,” she said. “I was like ‘oh it’s ok, it’s probably because my body is trying to assimilate from nothing to some food and drinking. I’ll get better.’ Then I went to sleep and my stomach was still not feeling great. I was having the s**ts, I guess, all of that Friday day, and overnight, and in the morning, and then before coming out to go to the fight.”
After weighing in at 115 pounds, Godinez started rehydrating with water and electrolytes, a standard post-weigh-in move. But her body rebelled, likely from a mix of dehydration stress and sickness, leading to diarrhea that lasted through Friday night and into Saturday morning before her walkout.
“I didn’t say anything, I was just like ‘suck it up, it is what it is,’” the UFC star explained. “Then in the cage, in the second round, I felt something. When something is happening, I just [say] it like that, with no filters, I guess. So, it came out, and [when] it happened, the camera was right [up close].”
Fighters often hide struggles to stay focused, and Godinez kept her issues quiet until the cage, where the urge hit mid-fight. Her no-filter personality, seen in past interviews, shone through as she blurted it out, unaware the corner mic would catch it live for millions.
“I don’t care. It is what it is. Fighters and humans go through it. Some people talk more than others. It just happened that way,” she said. “If it was 5 rounds, it would have been bad.”
Godinez brushed off the embarrassment, noting bodily mishaps are common in the grueling sport. A five-round main event would’ve tested her limits, but the three-round prelim bout let her escape without a bigger mess.
“My stomach still feels weird, but I feel like it’s a little bit better,” she said. “It makes it sweeter. It makes so great.”
It’s rare a fighter has two viral moments within fight. Loopy Godinez reveals what happened during her close call in between rounds at UFC Mexico City 😅
“I was pretty much sick when I go into the fight… And then my stomach wasn’t feeling great when I started hydrating… Then… pic.twitter.com/I0DQsn2Z3T
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 31, 2025
Born in Mexico and fighting out of Canada, Godinez entered the octagon at Arena CDMX feeling rough. Despite the stomach issue, she stayed focused and beat Polastri, adding another win to her 13-5 record. Fans loved her honesty, boosting her rep as a tough and relatable fighter in the strawweight division.
