LAS VEGAS – Jessica Eye seems determined to make her shot at UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 238 into a grudge match. But the champion has let every attempt to make it one roll off her. Eye has taken swipes at Shevchenko on social media, and the duo have been at the UFC Performance Institute at the same time, which could lead to tense moments. But the defending titleholder said she had a cordial relationship with Eye before the fight was announced, and sees no reason to change things now. “Yes we saw each other,” Shevchenko told reporters, including MMA Junkie, on Friday at the UFC PI. “Sometimes we’re crossing, I’m finishing my training and she’s around
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Valentina Shevchenko: If Jessica Eye has a grudge, ‘it’s her problem’ – MMA Junkie