Little did anyone know, however, that Suarez (10-0), a native of Covina, California, who was a 2012 Olympic hopeful in the sport of wrestling, would need to wait an additional nine years in order to finally be healthy enough to take her shot at championship glory.

They often call UFC athletes "fighters," but in the case of UFC 312's title challenger Tatiana Suarez, she's been fighting her entire career.

The undefeated Covina native, having overcome cancer and myriad injuries, takes on the two-time strawweight champ in Saturday’s co-main event in Sydney.

Everything you need to know about the UFC 312 co-main event fight: UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili vs. Tatiana Suarez. Odds, picks, predictions, stats and more.

In the co-main event of UFC 312 tomorrow night, we are going to see a huge championship fight in the strawweight division. A fight that felt destined to happen will finally go down as longtime champion and P4P great Zhang Weili (25-3) takes on undefeated challenger Tatiana Suarez (10-0).