Latoya ‘Black Mamba’ Walker (5-1-0), the current Number 9 Featherweight in the world has lashed out at fellow competitors and the amount of money she is given for fights.

We last seen Walker in action back in May of this year when she received the first loss of her career at the hands of Charmaine ‘Not So Sweet’ Tweet who is the current Number 5 ranked Featherweight in the world according to the Women’s Pro MMA World Rankings. Tweet knocked Walker out in Round 1 with a spinning back fist. Latoya tells us what she learnt from the fight, and claims Tweet is avoiding a rematch, she said “I learned to not get too cocky and give space like that. I wanted a rematch, but she avoided“.

Walker also had more to say on fellow star Gabrielle ‘Gabanator’ Holloway “Gabby is good, but I don’t feel she is on my level, I would come out on top [in a rematch]”. Walker previously hit headlines earlier this week after fellow star Gabrielle ‘Gabanator’ Holloway called her out for a re-match saying “people that beat me won’t give me a rematch; because they know I beat myself they didn’t beat me. I have never been submitted or knocked out “, when asked who she may be referring to she said “I want Latoya Walker because she gave me my very first loss ever in my entire MMA career“. Walker was quick to respond saying ““That’s cute. The fight was definitely not close, I completely dominated. Even though I’m looking at retiring, mainly because the pay sucks, I’d fight her again”

When asked if Walker is willing to give Holloway a rematch she said “I would but it all comes down to the money. I’m not some high school chick training that is doing this for the glory. I have bills to pay”. She went on to elaborate “Basically I have a great career and these fights don’t cover any of the cost of going through a fight camp and taking time off of work. Also I don’t have a desk job, so if I get hurt then I’m out of work till I’m fully functional. And like I said I’m already going in at a loss. I love my job of fire fighting and working as a support instructor. [I need] better pay outs. Hell I only walked away with 3K [in my last fight] and that’s just crap”.



Walker says on the reason she began fighting MMA in the first place “One of my friends thought I’d be good at it and that was all she wrote, favourite things are the effort and focus, least favourite is cutting weight. I would love to fight Cyborg“.

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