AldanaOnAir P.S MMA interview on PFL access and RAF media

The AldanaOnAir P.S MMA interview covered a PFL media request that she says cost her money, why she avoids seeking RAF credentials while her boyfriend wrestles for the promotion, and her ambition to build an MMA media career on her own work. She also explained why fighter stories and Spanish-language coverage interest her more than technical analysis.

Why does AldanaOnAir focus her MMA content on fighters’ stories?

AldanaOnAir focuses on the people and culture around MMA because she does not want to present herself as a technical fight analyst. She began making soccer videos before viewers encouraged her to separate the MMA news she shared from her personal posts. Interviews and live Spanish commentary followed.

From soccer videos to local fight interviews

Growing up in Argentina made soccer a natural subject for her first videos. MMA came later: she said she started watching it about three years ago and had not intended to make videos about it. After viewers urged her to create a sports page, she began speaking with fighters at local events.

She has also done live Spanish commentary for MMA fights, an experience she enjoyed more than she expected. Her reluctance to claim technical authority comes partly from her own limited training. She took BJJ classes when she was younger and did Muay Thai recreationally, but said she broke her foot while doing it and does not want to fight.

The family story she wants to tell

One planned video concerns a fighter whose posts about his mother led AldanaOnAir to look into her background. She said the mother had trained in BJJ and coached Taekwondo fights. As a single parent without a babysitter, she brought her son to the gym, where he became involved in wrestling and BJJ. That route into the sport is the kind of story AldanaOnAir wants to cover.

She enjoys watching detailed breakdowns but would rather leave technical explanations to people who specialize in them. Her own videos, she said, are built around subjects she can research and discuss with confidence.

How did Bad Bunny introduce AldanaOnAir to Khabib Nurmagomedov?

AldanaOnAir first looked up Khabib Nurmagomedov after hearing his name in a Bad Bunny song during a 2020 trip to Puerto Rico. She started watching some of his fights before his retirement, though she said her deeper interest in MMA developed later, in part through the fights shown at bars where she worked.

A lyric in Puerto Rico

Lockdown delayed her return from Puerto Rico to New York. While learning the words to a recently released Bad Bunny album, she heard the reference to Khabib and searched for him. The discovery did not immediately make her a regular viewer, but it gave her an entry point into watching his fights.

Working as a bartender kept her around sports broadcasts. Soccer and MMA were the two she paid closest attention to; she said an MMA fight could draw her eyes back to the television even while she was working. Demetrious Johnson is among the fighters she considers an all-time favorite, although she did not watch much of his career live.

Why she bets on soccer but not MMA

AldanaOnAir also drew a distinction between watching MMA and betting on it. She said she bet frequently on soccer during the World Cup, including through DraftKings, but considers MMA too unpredictable to wager on. She acknowledged that MMA odds can look tempting, yet said that is where she draws the line.

What did AldanaOnAir think of attending RAF in Miami?

AldanaOnAir enjoyed her first RAF event in Miami as a spectator, particularly the show and the seating area. She also noticed how many children attended, which she saw as a positive feature for families even though sitting between young spectators was not her preferred way to watch.

She had missed an earlier RAF event in Philadelphia, making Miami her first opportunity to see the promotion in person. She discussed the wrestling on the card with P.S MMA and recalled a competitive match involving Bryce Meredith. The experience left her interested in possibly attending another RAF event in Chicago.

Going to events is not a simple decision around her bartending schedule. Saturdays are workdays for her, and traveling can mean giving up a shift as well as paying for the trip. She said those costs are difficult to justify when media work has not yet brought in enough money to offset them.

Why does AldanaOnAir no longer want PFL media access?

AldanaOnAir says a PFL employee repeatedly told her she was approved for media access at a New York event, but she was then told the event was full because she had not selected a city. By that point, she had paid a camera operator and arranged to miss work. She says the experience ended her interest in returning to PFL media.

The New York media request

She said she had raised concerns because she still did not have a pass, but was reassured that her approval was in place. The day before the event, she learned otherwise. Besides the camera operator’s fee, she said she lost income by giving up a shift on a day when she typically makes the most money.

The plan had been to gather interviews and footage for her MMA account, grow its audience and potentially attract sponsorships. Without media access, attending as a spectator did not serve that purpose for her. She spent the time with her boyfriend and friends instead.

Why local fight coverage suits her

AldanaOnAir said she is less interested in competing with a large press group for a question than in interviewing fighters on camera. At local events, she can speak to them around weigh-ins, media days and their fights in a more relaxed setting.

She singled out Flex Fight Series as a promotion she enjoys working with. She would like to reach bigger stages eventually, but described on-air interviewing as a better fit than pursuing credentials simply to join a press scrum.

Why might AldanaOnAir pursue more Spanish-language MMA work?

AldanaOnAir sees Spanish-language MMA content as a possible path to larger opportunities. She already makes Spanish content for a company that broadcasts Flex Fight Series and has enjoyed calling MMA fights in Spanish. She believes that work may carry her further than making the same kind of content in English.

Her preference remains for interviews and stories about the people involved in fighting, rather than technical predictions. Spanish gives her another way to do that work while building on the local coverage she already makes in the New York and New Jersey area.

Money remains part of the calculation. Filming, editing, travel and missed shifts all have costs, and she hopes media work will eventually cover at least some of them. For now, she is weighing opportunities against what they require her to spend or give up.

Why does AldanaOnAir keep her wrestler boyfriend separate from her media career?

AldanaOnAir said her boyfriend wrestled on the RAF Miami card, but she does not want to identify him publicly. She avoids applying for RAF media access because his involvement could appear to create a conflict of interest. More broadly, she wants audiences to recognize her content without connecting her career to his reputation.

A professional boundary at RAF

She described her decision about RAF credentials as her own precaution, not as a rule imposed by the promotion. She said her boyfriend is known to wrestling followers and may move into MMA, but the couple has chosen to keep their relationship relatively private.

Making a name through her own work

At a local fight event, she recalled talking with someone about coming to a gym to shoot content. Her boyfriend walked in, and the conversation shifted toward whether he could teach classes there. She understood the interest in him, but the moment reinforced why she wants a separate professional identity.

AldanaOnAir put that goal plainly:

I don't want to be known as his girlfriend

She said she wants any audience or income she earns in MMA media to come from content people choose to watch, not from an association with him.

Who is AldanaOnAir?

AldanaOnAir is an Argentina-connected media creator covering combat sports, soccer and podcasts in English and Spanish. Her profile places her in the New York City and New Jersey area. In her conversation with P.S MMA, she said she lives in Jersey City and works on MMA coverage alongside bartending.