Iasmin Lucindo has a chance to break Jon Jones’ record as the youngest UFC champion in history, but she doesn’t see that as a career goal.

Lucindo has won three straight in the UFC, defeating veteran Karolina Kowalkiewicz in her last appearance last May. Now she will face top contender Marina Rodriguez at UFC 307 on Saturday night. Lucindo would need to secure the UFC strawweight belt by September 5, 2025 to break Jones’ record (23 years 242 days).

“(The title shot) could come (in 2025), but I’ve been in a hurry to make things happen before in my life, so now I just want to live in the moment,” Lucindo said in an interview with MMA Fighting. “I want to take things slowly and enjoy the moment. I’m not in a hurry, but I want to show my work and development. The more fights I have before the belt, the more experienced I will be. No rush. If it comes next year, great. If it comes in three years, that’s great too.”

Lucindo, who turns 23 in January, began fighting professionally at age 14 after taking martial arts classes to defend her mother and aunts from domestic violence. Lucindo says it would be “great” to break Jones’ record, but is learning from the mistakes of others who have tried and failed in the past.

“I see that the new generation is in a hurry to make things happen, and the more you speed things up, the longer it takes,” Lucindo said. “We have to respect the process. If it’s supposed to happen, it will happen. I am here. I respect the process and continue to develop. But if it doesn’t happen, we’ll have to break other records (laughs).”

“I’m also in favor of Virna becoming the next champion,” she continued, referring to her training partner Virna Jandiroba, who faces Tatiana Suarez at UFC 310 on December 7. “We joke that when she retires, I’ll make it . I hope Virna becomes champion because she deserves a lot. Before we started training together, she showed me that it was possible, so I really want her to become champion.”

Lucindo sees the clash against Rodriguez as “a great opportunity” to test himself against one of the best strikers in the division, admitting that “I didn’t expect this opportunity” given how low she is in the rankings.

“I’m a striker, and every striker likes to fight, and you definitely get 15 minutes of war,” Lucindo said. “I love challenges like this. Marina and I, it will be a very technical fight. She will get the best out of me because she is a top striker. I think I can knock them out, but we have to be careful because we are up against a striker and we don’t miss any opportunities. I think I have a good strategy to get this knockout.”