Shevchenko Motivated As Historic Favorite for UFC 238 Defense

When the entire world is so convinced of your impending victory that you are the biggest betting favorite to ever make a first UFC title defense, it’s natural to wonder where this champion would find motivation. An inflated sense of confidence, be it e…

When the entire world is so convinced of your impending victory that you are the biggest betting favorite to ever make a first UFC title defense, it’s natural to wonder where this champion would find motivation. An inflated sense of confidence, be it externally derived or otherwise, is thought to have played a role in […]

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Jessica Eye On UFC 238 Title Bout: ‘I’m Fully Believing In Myself’

Jessica Eye says her confidence is at an all-time high. The timing couldn’t be any better as Eye will compete for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s flyweight title. The only thing standing in her way of obtaining UFC gold is …

Jessica Eye says her confidence is at an all-time high. The timing couldn’t be any better as Eye will compete for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s flyweight title. The only thing standing in her way of obtaining UFC gold is women’s 125-pound ruler Valentina Shevchenko. Many believe Shevchenko will rule the roost of her […]

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Valentina Shevchenko Not Taking Jessica Eye’s Verbal Jabs Personal

Valentina Shevchenko says she isn’t taking Jessica Eye’s digs personally. Shevchenko is set to meet Eye in the co-main event of UFC 238 on June 8. “Bullet” will defend her UFC women’s flyweight title. It’ll be Shevch…

Valentina Shevchenko says she isn’t taking Jessica Eye’s digs personally. Shevchenko is set to meet Eye in the co-main event of UFC 238 on June 8. “Bullet” will defend her UFC women’s flyweight title. It’ll be Shevchenko’s first 125-pound title defense. Shevchenko Says She’s Not Fazed By Eye’s Digs Speaking to reporters at the UFC […]

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Jessica Eye’s Mind Games Don’t Surprise Valentina Shevchenko

UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko was not surprised at Jessica Eye’s attempts to rile her up. Shevchenko will make her first title defense against Eye in the co-main event of UFC 238 on June 8 in Chicago. Eye recently stated she was using mental tactics to get inside Shevchenko’s head. Earlier this month, she […]

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UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko was not surprised at Jessica Eye’s attempts to rile her up.

Shevchenko will make her first title defense against Eye in the co-main event of UFC 238 on June 8 in Chicago.

Eye recently stated she was using mental tactics to get inside Shevchenko’s head. Earlier this month, she notably claimed “The Bullet” sped up her training footage to look even more impressive.

Shevchenko clapped back soon after and Eye believed that was a sign of her opponent getting annoyed. However, the champion, who had a regular relationship with Eye before their fight was announced, has no grudge and feels if anyone has a problem, it’s the challenger.

“I think from her side it has a little bit changed because I see different eyes, and, like I say, you meet people and if it’s affected like this, it’s not my problem, it’s her problem,” Shevchenko told reporters (via MMA Junkie). “For me, it doesn’t change nothing, the fight. I’m ready for the fight, and this is what I want, to fight good, and I’m going for it and nothing can destroy me for my goal.”

Used To Different Characters

Even if Shevchenko didn’t expect Eye to resort to mind games, she wasn’t surprised by it either.

After all, she has been in the fight game for a very long time and understands how fighters can change, especially when gold is on the line.

“It’s her deal, and whatever she thinks, she thinks,” Shevchenko explained. “You know, I am dealing with so many different types of fighters and people, they are acting differently, someone aggressively, someone trying to pretend you’re friends and then start doing different things. I see them all.

“She cannot surprise me with something different because I saw it. I saw how they’re acting and everything they’re trying to, they think they’re too smart but they are not. Jessica, she is not exceptional.”

UFC 238 will be headlined by a bantamweight title fight between Henry Cejudo and Marlon Moraes.

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UFC 238’s Jessica Eye Using ‘Mental Tactics’ On Valentina Shevchenko

Women’s flyweight contender Jessica Eye admits she is “poking the bear” with her recent interactions with Valentina Shevchenko. Eye is on a three-fight winning streak and will get her first chance to become a champion when she challenges Shevchenko in the co-main event of UFC 238 on June 8. Recently she took aim at “The […]

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Women’s flyweight contender Jessica Eye admits she is “poking the bear” with her recent interactions with Valentina Shevchenko.

Eye is on a three-fight winning streak and will get her first chance to become a champion when she challenges Shevchenko in the co-main event of UFC 238 on June 8.

Recently she took aim at “The Bullet” by claiming the champion sped up her training footage to look more impressive.

Shevchenko would retort back soon after.

The two have since met at the UFC Performance Institute and Shevchenko claims things are cordial.

However, Eye believes she has annoyed the champion and feels using mental warfare is completely normal when two people are about to fight.

“I feel like I have annoyed her so much, but most things are going to be taken out of context,” Eye told reporters on Friday (via MMA Junkie). “I could say that’s stupid and the way you put the image out there, they’re going to be like, ‘She is such a terrible person. She’s a bully. She picks on people.’ I don’t know if she really sped up the video. It looks sped up, not going to lie. I know that other people have done it. Maybe they haven’t. But by saying it it annoyed a bunch of people and got things going.

“The cars were going super fast, and I know other people have done that. And I don’t blame her. Why not? Why not throw a little bit of mental tactics in there. What do you think I did to say something to her? Me and her aren’t being rude to each other. But there needs to be some kind of poking of the bear here. Two people are about to fight.”

Whether Eye’s mental tactics will have an effect in her title fight in Chicago remains to be seen.

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Valentina Shevchenko Responds to Jessica Eye’s Accusation

The co-main event of UFC 238 will feature the first flyweight title defense of Valentina Shevchenko when she takes on Jessica Eye inside the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Valentina Shevchenko is usually very polite and respectful of her opponents…

The co-main event of UFC 238 will feature the first flyweight title defense of Valentina Shevchenko when she takes on Jessica Eye inside the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Valentina Shevchenko is usually very polite and respectful of her opponents, unless you get on her bad side. Nicco Montana experienced what life on that side […]

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