Tonya Evinger Discusses Her Invicta FC 22 Title Win over Yana Kunitskaya

Speaking to UFC Fight Pass and Laura Sanko in a post-fight interview, Tonya Evinger discussed her win over Yana Kunitskaya at Invicta FC 22. Evinger won by submission to retain her bantamweight title. Below are some highlights from the interview.

Evinger on how she felt sluggish after eating Mexican food: “That Mexican food I ate right before I came here. Seriously, (I) threw up. I got conned in to going there. And I knew better, and I still did it. I knew first round, I was like, ‘Oh my god, am I going to lose this fight because I’m so sick?’”

Evinger’s thoughts on her win: “I think we worked on this, on going in and just stayed calm. I knew she was going to try to go for a ton of submissions and just to stay calm and eventually I’d get out of it, even if I was in deep. Obviously, jiu-jitsu is inches. Inches make submissions. I think she never had anything worth going for. Obviously that foot lock I did wasn’t worth (expletive) either, but whatever. I’ve got to look busy down on the other end.”

Evinger on why she didn’t submit her the first time: “And actually the only reason why I didn’t submit her first is because she was pulling one finger back. And I had to tell the ref, I don’t know what he was saying, I was like, ‘She has one finger,’ and he made her let go and the submission was there. She tried to break my thumb off to get out of that bastard.”

Evinger on getting the win: “I wanted to win, that’s it. That’s all that’s going through my mind. I want to win and I hated the feeling last time. Obviously I wanted to be standing right here, talking to Laura Sanko.”