A biography for Tecia Torreshasn’t been written yet.
“I'd definitely like to work with women and children with domestic violence and broken homes... What better way is there to do that than with self-defense? That's where my heart lies.”
“I want to become the champion and hold that belt. I don't want to just win a fight and then lose it in my next fight.”
“I want to go for that title shot, I want to be champion.”
“I know it may be weird that I'm going back to school at a high point of my career, but it's something I've always wanted to do.”
“To fight in Mexico is amazing.”
“With every fight, everyone goes through something, nobody is really 100 percent.”
“I didn't think of it as a career until Invicta signed me. But even then, I was coming to a point where I was going to probably have to stop fighting full-time.”
“It's just in your nature when you're an athlete to be competitive in everything.”
“She's Jenny from the block! I love her music and her movies. And she goes back to where she grew up in the Bronx and gives back to the community.”
“Prior to getting back into college, I had lots of free time, so I was like, ahhh, I've always wanted a master's, let's go do it. As soon as I signed up, I had no time.”
“I'm 24 now and I told my mom that if, by 25, it doesn't happen for me in MMA, I would realistically go back to work.”
“I started this martial arts journey 20 years ago with karate, and I never imagined it would come to pass that I would be in the UFC.”
“My parents both made it to ninth grade and then dropped out, so I just want to have that higher education so when I have kids one day I'll be able to tell them and I'll be a better role model for them.”
“You never know what's going to happen and I know that fighting is not forever. So post-fighting I definitely want to have a career, and I think a master's degree will help much more than a bachelor's degree.”
“Invicta treats the girls well but it wasn't enough to make a living off of.”
“Hopefully, I'll get a top-10 or top-five opponent.”
“I'm very fast and have really good movement.”
“At the end of the day, I believe in myself and know what I'm capable of doing.”
“It was exciting for me to be able to come to Las Vegas and train with the girls that were essentially my weight class and would be my competition in the UFC.”
“In a dream world if I wasn't a scaredy cat, I'd work for the FBI or something like that. That's always been a dream of mine since I was a child, to work for the FBI or DEA or something cool like that.”