Jessica Eye Isn’t Interested in Doing The Ultimate Fighter

Jessica Eye spoke with MMAjunkie ahead of her fight with Aspen Ladd at the the TUF 25 Finale. Some highlights are below:

On potentially appearing on TUF: “I will not be doing any type of ‘TUF.’ I’m 30 years old. What am I going to do with a bunch of 20-year-olds in a house? I’d end up killing somebody. It’s just not my thing. Reality TV is what it is, but being in a house for six weeks, away from my home and my dog and my stuff, it’s just not something I want to do. I don’t feel like I need the coaching, like some of those young girls do. And to figure out what camp they’re going to go to, or maybe some of them are (from) some of these small-time camps and stuff. It’s just not my style. It’s totally built for younger fighters, I feel like.”

On the UFC possibly giving her enough to make it workable: “Money talks, doesn’t it? They know, as much as I might be on this hard losing streak. Nothing denies my talent, my abilities, how good I did do at 125. I don’t lose at 125. There’s no question in my mind ever, and that’s where you’ll find finishing, that’s where they’re going to find the Jessica that can finish. If they really want me to do it, I’m sure they’ll make it enticing enough for me.”

On the stakes of her fight with Ladd: “I have so many opinions on (the fight) it’s so hard to kind of get out. Really, it doesn’t matter who the girl is. Really, at this point, I’m basically fighting for my job. Everybody knows I’m kind of on the chopping block, and I have been. So I think that that’s something that brings to the table – that I’m trying not to focus on her, and I’m trying to focus on what I need to do right. Let’s just go out and fight hard and put good combos together, let my hands go, and be the fighter I know how to be.”

On Ladd: “I’m sure she’s going to find the need to watch over me more than I am her. It was kind of funny – I never look at who views my Instagram stuff, and I happened to notice that she was viewing it the other day, so I was like, ‘Oh, what would you like to know?’”