UFC women’s bantamweight Marion Reneau isn’t wasting any time when it comes to her professional career. The fighter and physical education teacher said she wants a big step up in competition for her next bout.

“Let’s go for the top,” Reneau, 37, told MMAjunkie Radio. “Let’s go for Miesha Tate. Let’s go for Alexis Davis. Let’s go for those (top-ranked) girls who are right next to No. 1. Let’s go.”

Reneau, who hails from Visalia, Calif., reasons she wouldn’t be in this sport if she didn’t think she could be champion, so she might as well take the fights that will prove to others she’s capable of being one.

She’s also got less time to work with than others who start fighting professionally in their early 20s.

“Absolutely, I want the title shot,” Reneau (6-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) said.

She’s still a ways from getting an opportunity against champ Ronda Rousey, but the road to it just shortened. On Sunday, she upset Jessica Andrade (12-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 61 to pick up her second UFC win. On the strength of her victory, she took Andrade’s place at No. 10 in the promotion’s divisional rankings.

Reneau said Andrade made a critical error leading into the fight that led to her demise.

“Going in as the underdog, I read (that) … she thought she should be fighting somebody who’s fifth-ranked,” Reneau said. “I’m like, how do you know what I’m ranked? You don’t know anything about me. I think that was her first mistake, underestimating me.

“I believe in myself, and it doesn’t matter if I go into a fight the underdog. I’m there to show you why I’m not the underdog. I’m there to stop the cheering; I’m there to hush the crowd.”

Reneau certainly did that when she submitted Andrade with a triangle choke, just moments after Andrade had her in trouble with a combination of punches and dropped her to the canvas. Reneau recovered and applied the submission hold, forcing a tap-out. The win brought her a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus.

Not bad for a woman who was once deemed too old to compete on “The Ultimate Fighter 18” by UFC President Dana White.

Reneau said she planned to return to the gym on Thursday to begin training for a jiu-jitsu competition in March. She said she found a few flaws in her performance against Andrade that she intends to correct, but she added she’ll be ready if the UFC comes calling.

“I don’t stop training,” she said. “I don’t get ready; I pretty much stay ready.”

Former title challengers Tate (16-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and Davis (16-6 MMA, 3-1 UFC) might need to be convinced to fight Reneau given her relative lack of experience and relative anonymity. Tate, however, is not booked for her next fight, and the UFC often pairs fighters based on their recent activity. (Davis is scheduled to meet Sarah Kaufman in April at UFC 186.)

Reneau could be due for a big fight in her next outing.

For more on UFC Fight Night 61, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

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