In the movie Air, about Nike's courtship of Michael Jordan, Sonny Vaccaro tells the Jordan family in one memorable scene how, after a superstar reaches the top, there is this desire to then tear them down.
her to retire but rather pointed out there's not much more to be done once you've hit the top of the mountain.
There has been plenty of discussions online about the possibility of her walking away from the sport she has ruled for so long.“I love what I do and I love everything that goes into it,” she said. “I love training. I love fight week, all the activities and the interviews and the things we do. And I still love to [fight]. You put in all of this hard work to prepare and get yourself to a certain point, and that’s the reward, the fight. I love it.
“When you get to this level, you don’t see easy opponents,” she said. “Maybe, there are some whose style is a little more difficult for you than someone else, but when you’re at the championship level, all you are seeing is highly talented and motivated opponents. Irene has a lot of talent and I know she’s motivated to win this belt. There are a lot of fighters from her country [of Mexico] who have done it [and won UFC titles] and I know she wants to join them.
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