Mayra Bueno Silva joined The Preventing Nerds forward of her UFC Saudi Arabia conflict with Jasmine Jasudavicius on Feb. 1 however that call isn’t associated to coaching or her MMA profession.
“Sheetara”, who educated at American Prime Staff in Florida previous to the transfer, informed MMA Preventing that returning to Sao Paulo, the house state of her spouse Gloria de Paula, was to begin develop the household. Collectively since August of 2016, Silva and de Paula are actually planning to have a child.
“We’re going to be mothers,” Silva mentioned, “so we’ll begin the in vitro fertilization course of and be near household, near house and out mothers, as a result of it’s a tough course of for Gloria whereas I’m in camp. I need her to be as comfy as potential and surrounded by love. That’s why we’re again. I really like American Prime Staff, I really like my little man ‘Parrumpa’. We had no points, nothing like that. We solely got here again as a result of we determined to change into moms.”
Silva competed for the UFC bantamweight belt in January 2024 and now returns to flyweight searching for extra challenges. De Paula, then again, went 0-2 since parting methods with the UFC in June 2022. “Sheetara” additionally needs to get pregnant someday, she mentioned, however it’s “Glorinha’s” flip now.
“We began the IVF course of now,” Silva mentioned. “Gloria will get pregnant now, and sooner or later it’s my flip. I actually need to get pregnant. My dream as a toddler was to get married and change into a mother. I need to get pregnant sooner or later, sure.
“I dream of being a mom, too, and the tip of the profession comes quicker for girls,” she continued. “I imagine I’ve what, 5 years left in my profession? If you consider it, it’s not so much. Males last more. So I need to take pleasure in each little second, each combat. We combat two, thrice a 12 months, and that’s not a lot for all of the onerous work we put in. I need to take pleasure in each course of as a result of all of it ends so quick, and someday I’ll be telling my children what I used to do.”
The 33-year-old fighter is slicing again to flyweight greater than three years after leaving the division searching for “motivation” and “enjoyable” after developing quick in a title combat at bantamweight.
“It’s the enjoyable of beginning one thing new in a quest for a belt, one thing that lights up a hearth in me once more.” Silva mentioned. “Can I do it? Can I am going after one other belt? It’s onerous, however it lights up a cool hearth in me, it retains me alive.”
Chopping the additional 10 kilos isn’t simple, although, and “Sheetara” has to make sacrifices with a view to get all the way down to 125 kilos on Friday morning. But, Silva mentioned that being “extraordinarily hyperactive” helps her cope with onerous duties. Her final flyweight bout was a choice loss to Manon Fiorot in Las Vegas — and she or he completely hates trying again at that combat week.
“The burden lower for Fiorot is one thing I don’t even like remembering as a result of she had COVID at the moment [and postponed the fight] and I needed to lower weight twice,” Silva mentioned. “It was very unhappy to me, you understand? That’s once I had concussion due to the dehydration. It was a horrible combat, the worst combat of my life. That was a really painful course of in my life.
“I’m wholesome now, I’m tremendous, I’m slicing down in weight and it’s good. Is it onerous? Yeah, generally you go to a celebration and might’t eat. You may’t go to the flicks, you’ve gotten restrictions at house. Typically Gloria needs to eat one thing and I can’t, however I’m making an attempt to benefit from the course of as a result of I don’t have a lot time left doing this.”
Jasudavicius, winner of her previous three with two $50,000 efficiency bonuses cashed, welcomes Silva again to the flyweight division seeking to enter the highest 10 of the UFC’s 125-pound weight class. Silva is aware of her nicely, and sees holes in her sport.
“We’ve got related kinds, she’s a grappling finisher and so am I,” Silva mentioned. “I really like Jasmine. We’ve educated collectively at American Prime Staff and she or he’s sensational, has tremendous high-level grappling and I’ve to watch out or she will complicate issues for me. However she’s good at one thing I’m glorious at, which is ending fights. The match-up is dangerous for her, I feel. We see many holes in her sport, however she’s a really robust lady.”
