Zingano: “I have heart and you can’t break heart,”
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The undefeated UFC women’s bantamweight contender had her fortune take a tumble in the summer of 2013, when a bad knee injury caused her to pull out of a coaching slot alongside Ronda Rousey on “The Ultimate Fighter,” as well as the title shot at Rousey’s belt which went with it.
Then things got considerably worse in January, when the 32-year-old’s husband, Mauricio, committed suicide.
“When life is going to present you with tons of problems — really hard ones, some less hard, some debilitating — it’s what you do about them that matters,” Zingano told reporters at a recent UFC media event. “I really want him to see. I want to make a good example.”
“I just knew it was a matter of action and a matter of time,” Zingano said. “What’s in me is un-nameable. I don’t know how to describe it to you guys. But I am just confident and I know what I’m capable of and no one has still seen it.”
“I have heart and you can’t break heart,” Zingano said. “You can sit there and punch me in the head for three minutes straight, but I’m gonna figure it out. I always do. I just know that about myself. Part of me thinks that I almost need to feel everything they have and once I’ve felt it all, once I’m like, ‘Alright, you’ve given me everything, you have nothing left to give.’ I’m like, ‘all right, my turn.’ “
“Being strong, showing that you will see things through no matter what comes your way, that’s what matters most to me.”