Because the co-main occasion of UFC 329 between Paddy Pimblett and Benoit St. Denis started, Fever star Sophie Cunningham trotted across the Octagon together with her ring card autograph in hand.
There was no particular announcement that Cunningham would seem, so everybody was caught off guard by his sudden look. She walked across the cage holding a “Spherical 1” signal and sat down with the opposite Octagon women because the battle started.
In the long run, it turned out that Cunningham was not scheduled to function Octagon lady till a couple of minutes in the past, so she didn’t obtain a particular introduction.
“(We employed her) about eight minutes earlier than she did it,” UFC CEO Dana White stated with fun in the course of the UFC 329 post-fight press convention. “I like Sophie Cunningham. We developed a relationship and he or she was right here tonight.
“She walks right into a room and says, ‘I need to stroll round that (octagon).’ Then I say stroll round it. She’s having enjoyable.”
Enjoying for the Indiana Fever, Cunningham gained a number of notoriety after becoming a member of the staff in a commerce and shortly grew to become often known as “The Enforcer” after avenging a unclean act dedicated by teammate Caitlin Clark throughout a sport.
So it is by no means shocking that Cunningham is a UFC fan, however as an alternative of combating, she determined to play Octagon Lady for no less than one night time.
