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on a great career đź‘Ź
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July 2, 2022
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After a dozen years inside various mixed martial arts cages,
veteran contender Jessica Eye
is calling it a career.
Eye (15-11, 1 NC) competed against rising star Maycee
Barber on the
UFC 276 preliminary card Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in
Las Vegas, but came up short on the judges’ scorecards. “Evil” Eye
fought well against the young Barber, but dozens of elbows to the
face and knees to the body curtailed her hopes at stemming the
losing streak.
Eye dropped a unanimous decision to Barber, her fourth consecutive
loss and fifth in six fights overall. Though Eye never captured a
world title, she did compete for the
Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s flyweight crown, though
she was knocked out by all-time great Valentina
Shevchenko at UFC 238 three years ago.
Throughout her career, Eye has taken a who’s-who of women’s MMA
including Shechenko, Miesha Tate,
Julianna
Pena, Sara McMann
and Joanne Calderwood.
At the post-fight press conference on Saturday, Eye indicated that
while she is done with fighting professionally, she has her eyes on
trying professional wrestling for either the WWE or
AEW.
“I want to be the female Undertaker,” she said in front of the press. “I want
to ride a motorcycle to the ring and DDT people.”