"My goal - never until it's got taken away from my knockout - was to make the UFC. Never gave a shit about it. Didn't care. It was all side hobby,"
"And then I see the like now being that close and seeing the performances of people - I know I deserve to be there."
"When you're in the cage and they ask me what's next, I've been told to and I wish I had that in me to be like 'Dana, if you don't give me a chance, I'm going to keep beating 125er where you have until you give it to me,' I wish I had that attitude, but it's not who I am."
"I one point, I was kind of told it would be Chey [Bowers], me, and Bea [Consuli]. I beat Chey. Okay. Now it's Bea. Now if I beat her there's no one else - as far as I was told, I just want to fight. I don't sit out this long ever and I just want it... then when they found I was Brazil and it was ju"
Shannon Clark initially treated MMA as a side hobby and did not prioritize making the UFC until a close Contender Series loss made her realize she deserved a spot. Clark remains polite and refuses to adopt a manufactured, loud persona despite advice from her corner and manager to be louder on the microphone. She prefers authenticity over trash talk and focuses on winning fights. Clark defeated Chey Bowers and positioned herself to face Bea Consuli as the next clear path to the division. Clark consistently seeks fights and rarely sits out for long, driven by results rather than hype.
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