Jessica Eye Still Wants A Fight With Paige VanZant

In an interview with MMA Junkie following her split decision win at UFC Fight Night 124, Jessica Eye said that she’s still hoping for a fight with Paige VanZant. It may have to wait a while, however, as VanZant broke her arm during the same event. Here are highlights:

On finally getting back in the win column: “I don’t even know if it’s necessary just back in the win column, but back at flyweight. It’s been a long time. I put on some weight I probably didn’t need. Now I’m lower weight and everything just felt a little bit different. I don’t feel like there was ring rust, but just the jitters of being in there was a little bit different. It’s been probably 16, 17 months since I was in there, and at flyweight. I don’t know. I’m overwhelmed with feeling right now. I don’t know if I want to cry, be happy … I keep biting through my damn lip.”

On getting rocked early on in the fight with Kalindra Faria: “I knew she had gotten a couple hits in there. But, let’s face it: There’s more than just striking that wins fights. I felt like that was the time I had to do some submission attempts, I needed to use my wrestling. I worked so much on my wrestling over the past year-and-a-half.”

On a fight with VanZant: “We’ll see what happens. There was the back-and-forth with the Paige thing. I just want to see what’s next for myself. The flyweight division is still developing. I think we’re going to see more girls settle into this division, and I can’t wait. We’ll just see.”