“I think she don’t know what she speak about,” Valentina Shevchenko said with a laugh in response to Jessica Eye saying her ability to adjust in a fight is one of her biggest weaknesses. “Because it’s like… Not make sense. To lack of adjust… It not make sense at all. The other thing that you have so much technique in your arsenal, you have so much everything to choose a weapon [for] what you’re going to use against your opponent.
“This is what I see. In my mind, the adjustments are not just like, adjust because you don’t have the opportunity to do something else. No, [it’s] just choosing the right weapon against your opponent. And this is what every time I am doing.
“If I need to go hard, I can go hard,” She continued. “If I need to wait a little bit, I will wait. If I have to go striking, I will go to strike. If I have to go down, I will go down. I have a lot of techniques. I have a lot of everything to choose what I will play against you. And this is like, more dangerous I can say. Listening to her quote, I really understand she doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Maybe she’s like saying words, but she doesn’t know exactly what this means.”
That bout will, of course, feature the champion, Valentina Shevchenko as she looks to make her first successful title defense by taking out the savvy veteran, Jessica ‘Evil’ Eye.
Initially, the UFC was aiming to get the fight on the Prague card which took place a few weeks ago but due to some injuries on Eye’s end, the bout wound up in Chi-Town.
As of right now, there are only two other bouts official for UFC 238. One of which is a pivotal bout at strawweight as Tatiana Suarez and Nina Ansaroff collide. The other takes place at 125-pounds where Katlyn Chookagian hopes to rebound against Joanne Calderwood.
According to Calderwood, she has been notified that she’s the replacement fighter for the title fight if needed.
This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 3/18/2019
Tyron Woodley doesn’t think Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is the squash match that many people are making it out to be.
Paul and Tyson are set to box on Friday, November 15 at AT&T Stadium, which is the home of the Dallas Cowboys. The bout is set to air on Netflix and is an intriguing matchup.
It appears that Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan 2 is official for UFC 311 in January.
The lightweight champion hasn’t been seen in the cage since a clash with Dustin Poirier in June. In the main event of UFC 302, Islam Makhachev entered the octagon as a massive betting favorite against ‘The Diamond’. While the challenger offered some resistance, the Russian emerged with a fifth-round submission victory.
It appears that Dustin Poirier wants to face Max Holloway in his final UFC fight.
‘The Diamond’ has been out of the cage since a third crack at lightweight gold at UFC 302 in June. In the main event of that card, Dustin Poirier faced Islam Makhachev. Despite entering the cage a massive underdog, the longtime contender gave the champion all he could handle. However, Makhachev still scored a fifth-round submission to retain his title.
UFC welterweight contender Shavkat Rakhmonov has no issue fighting Ian Garry if he needs to.
‘Nomad’ is in a bit of a weird spot at the moment. Shavkat Rakhmonov last appeared in the cage last December, submitting longtime contender Stephen Thompson on the UFC 296 main card. Following that victory, he was booked to face Belal Muhammad in his first shot at welterweight gold. However, that fight’s no longer happening.
Shavkat Rakhmonov is hoping to remain on UFC 310 and wants to fight for the interim title.
Rakhmonov was supposed to headline UFC 310 against Belal Muhammad for the welterweight title but the champ suffered an injury that forced him to withdraw. Although Rakhmonov could wait for the title shot, he wants to remain active and calls to fight Kamaru Usman for the interim title.
Renowned American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez has some big praise for Khamzat Chimaev.
While Chimaev dazzled MMA fans with his red hot UFC start, illnesses halted his momentum. Perhaps mother nature can only hope to contain “Borz,” as he bounced back to deliver the most impressive performance of his fighting career. He injured Robert Whittaker’s bottom teeth to the point where “The Reaper” was forced to tap out as soon as a face crank was applied.
Sean O’Malley’s coach Tim Welch has cleared the air on a recent social media post that was met with backlash.
Welch was paying attention to the UFC 308 pay-per-view event. In particular, he was in awe of Khamzat Chimaev’s ability to force a submission on Robert Whittaker as quickly as he did. After the fight, Welch suggested that Bo Nickal might be the only fighter to give “Borz” a run for his money.
Daniel Cormier doesn’t believe he has to be chummy with Jon Jones despite their rivalry being long gone.
Cormier and Jones had a nasty feud under the UFC banner. The two brawled during a UFC 178 media day sessions. Jones defeated Cormier via unanimous decision in their first meeting. Their second clash initially ended in a knockout win for Jones, but that result was changed to a No Contest due to a failed drug test on Jones’ end. “Bones” has long maintained his innocence when it comes to using banned substances.
