TORONTO – Katlyn Chookagian has been through this backup business before. At UFC 230 five weeks ago at Madison Square Garden, Chookagian was tapped as a backup in case Sijara Eubanks or Valentina Shevchenko couldn’t make weight for what was supposed to be a vacant flyweight title fight. Then the UFC scrapped that plan. Instead, that belt is on the line Saturday between former bantamweight title challenger Shevchenko (15-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) and ex-strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk (14-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) in the UFC 231 co-main event at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass. Once again, Chookagian (11-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) is the promotion’s backup plan and will step in for a title fight if there are issues with either Shevchenko or Jedrzejczyk
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Katlyn Chookagian ready to jump into UFC 231 title fight, but only focused on Eye – MMA Junkie