MMA ODDS AND ENDS FOR TUESDAY: JESSICA EYE NEXT FOR VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO

We only watched the UFC guys’s flyweight title defended by Henry Cejudo together with his TKO win over TJ Dillashaw within this past weekend at UFC on ESPN+ 1, and now it loooks as the women’s flyweight title is going to be defended soon, too.
Based on UFC president Dana White, who spoke to reporters following the UFC’s introduction event on ESPN in Brooklyn, New York, the world’s top MMA company is set to give Jessica Eye another title shot 125lbs. She will take on UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko for its title later this season, though White did not state when the belt could be defended. With the UFC running three or four cards per month until June, the advertising had a lot of holes to match and Shevchenko vs. Eye makes sense as a principal event for a Fight Night card ESPN+, or maybe even as a co-main occasion to get a pay-per-view.
White told reporters about Eye getting another title shot after somebody asked him when Joanne Calderwood — who predicted Eye out following her decision win over Ariane Lipski — was in line to fight for the name. There were rumors Eye was likely to be following for Shevchenko as they both fought on the same UFC 231 cardand we understand that is indeed the case.
Eye (14-6, 1 NC) has saved her career by creating the movement down to flyweight. After struggling with a 1-5, 1 NC album for a bantamweight, Eye is now 3-0 at 125lbs. She has defeated Kalindra Faria, Jessica-Rose Clark and Katlyn Chookagian in her last three outings in order to acquire the title shot at the UFC’s newest division. The fact she’s gone the distance in nine of her 10 UFC struggles is about going up against a finisher like Shevchenko who probably needs to be stopped so as to conquer, but Eye has definitely looked enhanced at flyweight along with her getting another title shot makes sense.
Shevchenko (16-3) had a 4-2 record for a bantamweight in the UFC, but her two losses came against winner Amanda Nunes and she needed to make a go down in weight in order to find another title shot. Moving down to 125lbs has proven to be a great move for her as she ruined Priscila Cachoeira within her UFC flyweight debut to get a title shot, then beat Joanna Jedrzejczyk in UFC 231 to maintain the empty belt. Outside of the Nunes fights, Shevchenko has appeared unstoppable in the Octagon, and it is difficult to see anyone at 125lbs giving her much of a struggle when she is so far beyond everybody in the division so far as skill goes.
Obviously this fight isn’t 100 percent official yet, but it appears likely to be formally announced soon, and when it does the oddsmakers should not have much trouble lining the struggle. I’m fully expecting Shevchenko for a huge favorite however again, opening at least about -500 and possibly being steamed even greater. Shevchenko always gets an enormous amount of support from bettors while Eye traditionally doesnt get much of some, so this is not a hard struggle to line. As great as Eye has appeared in her recent couple of fights since dropping down from bantamweight, it’s hard to see that her being the fighter to shoot Shevchenko’s belt.
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