Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos HALIFAX – Walkout songs are an important part of a fighter’s identity. That’s why former UFC strawweight champion Carla Esparza was “freaking out” when UFC informed her the walkout song she’s used ahead of every career fight to date was deemed a no-go. Since her MMA debut in February 2010, Esparza (11-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has walked to the cage to sound of Metallica’s “Harvester of Sorrow.” She was told with essentially no explanation that the song was unusable for her UFC Fight Night 105 bout with Randa Markos (6-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC), and she admits to being disheartened by the news. “I am so bummed about that,” Esparza told MMAjunkie. “I think a lot of fighters have things that are kind of their rituals, and this is one of them for me.
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Ex-UFC champ Carla Esparza on ‘freaking out’ when Metallica walkout song was scrapped – MMA Junkie