“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
UFC commentator Daniel Cormier has responded to Bo Nickal’s recent comments.
‘DC’ was in the broadcast booth for the massive UFC 309 card in New York City over the weekend. On the main card, Bo Nickal returned to the octagon for the first time since a submission win over Cody Brundage in April. There, the former NCAA champion met Paul Craig, in the biggest test of his career thus far.
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman will meet Eryk Anders next month.
‘The All-American’ hasn’t been seen in the cage since a controversial April win over Bruno Silva. Despite the Brazilian’s post-fight appeal citing several eyepokes from Chris Weidman, the former UFC champion emerged with a technical decision win. Following the victory, he booked a fight with longtime middleweight Eryk Anders.
UFC legend Glover Teixeira played an amusing prank on Tom Aspinall over the weekend during UFC 309 in New York City.
On Saturday night, Jon Jones defeated Stipe Miocic to successfully defend his UFC heavyweight championship. However, if necessary, interim champion Tom Aspinall was ready to step in on short notice and prove himself against the best of the best. He made weight, he’d done his media obligations, and he was ready to go.
Alex Pereira has given his thoughts on being bumped into the #3 slot by Jon Jones on the latest UFC pound-for-pound rankings.
If there’s one thing we know to be true about Alex Pereira, it’s that he’s a pretty chilled out guy. In equal measure, he’s also one of the most dangerous fighters on the planet. He has already achieved some great things in combat sports, and in the world of mixed martial arts, he has established himself as a genuine superstar over the course of the last few years.
Eddie Alvarez and Jeremy Stephens will meet at BKFC KnuckleMania 5 early next year.
‘The Underground King’ has quickly become one of the bare-knuckle boxing promotion’s biggest stars. After leaving ONE Championship in late 2022, Eddie Alvarez signed with BKFC. The following April, the former UFC lightweight champion put forth a ‘Fight of the Year’ contender in a five-round war with Chad Mendes.
Darren Till has a plan in place should he start to lose to Tommy Fury in their boxing match.
Till is set to return to the boxing ring on January 18 on a Misfits boxing card against Fury. It’s an intriguing matchup and after the fight got announced, the two held a press conference on Tuesday.
You won’t catch Jon Jones complaining about his new spot in the UFC’s official pound-for-pound rankings — but Dana White is another story.
Jones, the reigning UFC heavyweight champion and former light heavyweight champion, was back in action in the main event of UFC 309 last Saturday in New York City. He entered the Octagon with a reputation as one of the top pound-for-pound fighters competing today — even at 37 years old. He ultimately cemented that reputation with a dominant, third-round TKO win over former heavyweight king Stipe Miocic.
Conor McGregor believes there actually is enough tape of Tom Aspinall for Jon Jones to study.
The talk of the MMA world has been a potential title unification clash between Jones and Aspinall. “Bones” had a successful defense against Stipe Miocic this past Saturday night at UFC 309. Interim titleholder Aspinall was inside Madison Square Garden in New York City to witness the fight.
