UFC fighter Jessica Eye wants her shot at proving she's the best in the world
Kevin Iole
Combat columnist
Yahoo Sports
https://sports.yahoo.com/ufc-fighter-jessica-eye-wants-shot-proving-shes-best-world-204844971.html
From the article:
“No one,” Eye says, defiantly, “has ever dominated me. No one.”
...Though the difference between flyweight (125 pounds) and bantamweight (135-pound limit) is just 10 pounds, it’s more significant than it sounds, she said.
“All of those bantamweight fights I lost, remember something: They were all by decision,” she said. “No one went out there and demolished me and held me down and beat me up. It’s never been that way. Had I been more evenly matched, I think it’s pretty obvious what would have happened.”
...Eye returned to flyweight in January, and scored a split decision over Kalindra Faria in St. Louis. And while many look at Valentina Shevchenko as the biggest threat to flyweight champion Nicco Montaño, Eye insists she’ll be the one standing at the end.
..."I had an undeniable self-belief the flyweight division would get here eventually, and I have believed for a long time, it was my destiny to become the flyweight champion. So in a lot of ways, this is really the start of the journey.”