came back up, ding, ding, ding. And then the third round she took her down first thing and she spent the whole time on the ground. And then ding, ding, ding, she won!" When Joe Rogan starts interviewing her mother inside the Octagon right after the fight, Araya becomes unusually quiet. With her eyes riveted on her mother, Araya listens as an emotional Waterson tells the world something she'd been thinking about for years but has never said publicly before: "I want to be the first UFC champ that's a mom." "That made me feel special," Araya would later say with a huge smile. Security then whisks the 7-year-old backstage before the giant brawl that'd been simmering between the McGregor and Khabib camps finally erupts in the arena.As subsequent fights spill onto the sidewalks outside the arena, Araya remains happily unaware, eating ice cream in the greenroom as she celebrates her mother's victory. AFTER A VICTORY over Karolina Kowalkiewicz in March, Waterson is now ranked No. 6 in the strawweight division. She knows she has only a couple of good years left, and her goal of becoming the first champion mother is a difficult one. Her next fight is October 12 against former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk. It will be her toughest challenge in the UFC by far, against an opponent who has a unique striking skillset. She'll be one step closer to a title shot against Zhang Weili if she's able to win this fight. What does Araya think? Well, she wants a career