My win at UFC 246 did a lot for me

I wrote about my account of the fight in my Bloodyelbow found here: https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2020/1/29/21082100/fighting-future-roxanne-modafferi-talks-maycee-barber-win-thoughts-ufc-246-cerrone-vs-mcgregor

Man, my life is such an adventure. I feel like each week is a unique experience with eventful things, and emotional rollercoasters. I should be writing more. LOL I’m just so tired coming home every day, I literally don’t have the energy to write it all down. Right now, it’s 8:45 PM and I’m usually falling asleep. I had dinner with my friends Jack and Jan, visiting for a Keno tournament, so I’m still full and not sleepy.

My win at UFC 246 did so much for me. Obviously I made my show money AND win money, which is great. I was able to invest in my IRA, invest in a few stocks my father told me to for retirement, and then save the rest to live on for the year. I think I’ve talked about before how a fighter’s life change majorly as a result of a win or loss. It’s so crazy because with a loss, they may have put just as much energy, good training, and effort into preparation as they did for a win, but it just turned out that way, and they have to suffer for it. Thankfully, this was my night. Maycee and her father’s actions and statements actually kept us in the news an extra week, which was good publicity for ME, not for them, unfortunately. She’s getting a lot of hate now, which is kind of a shame…. I wish her a speedy recovery and a victory in the future, of course.

So I’m always the underdog, and it seems like the majority of fans on websites and social media keep saying “I’m going to get killed or smashed” just based on my looks. However, I think I impressed everybody those weeks ago because now even people on SHERDOG are saying my striking looked sharp, and I shouldn’t be underestimated. Sherdoggers have been the worst, IMO. lol I’m an Underground girl. Reddit’s pretty cool, too. Maybe I’ll read more sherdog now that they’re not saying nasty things anymore.

I feel like I had a lot of anime fans, nerd fans, parent fans, martial arts fans, hard-core old school fans, and NOW I feel like I got a lot of JUST BLEED violence-loving fans. It was what I had kind of hoped for and it ended up happening.

copyright UFC

Our fight was on the ESPN TV spot, so it got 1.9 million views. Now, when people are taking polls as to who Valentina the champ should fight next, my name is actually coming up and people aren’t saying I’m going to get slaughtered. Uh, thanks!