Jessica Eye (11-2) tar sig an Miesha Tate (16-5) på UFC on Fox 16, men har redan planer på en match med Ronda Rousey (11-0).
Eye tror att Madison Square Garden skulle vara det perfekta stället för henne att möta Rousey på.
Madison Square Garden, baby,” berättade Eye för MMAjunkie. “Me and Ronda Rousey. Come on now. Brunette vs blonde. Tough girl vs. tougher girl. I feel like it just makes sense.”
Eye känner inte att Tate har något övertag över henne i matchen.
“There’s no way Miesha goes into that fight winning, at all,” sa Eye. “I don’t see any way that she can beat me – and not because she’s not good, but because I’m just better.”
Eye känner att det är hennes tur att få titelchansen om hon vinner sin match mot Tate.
“To me, it’s a process of elimination,” sa Eye. “If I fight you once and beat you, it’s on to the next one. I know once I beat Miesha, I know where my place is. And I already know anyways – I just think maybe it will solidify it a bit more.”
Bethe Correia (9-0) är nästa kvinna att utmana Rousey om bantamviktstiteln, men Eye menar att det kortet behövde fyllas upp av någon från Brasilien och därför fick Correia titelchansen före Eye.
“Really, that fight wouldn’t be happening in Brazil if Anderson wouldn’t have had his dilemma with the drug test,” sa Eye. “I think if everybody would use their head a little bit, put the puzzle together, you would realize that the only reason why Bethe and Ronda are fighting is because Anderson is not, and they needed somebody. They needed a big draw.”
“Bethe is big over there, and so is Ronda. … She’s the champ. Of course the champ is going to have clout no matter where they go.”
Eye tror inte att Correia har någon chans att vinna över Rousey överhuvudtaget.
“None,” sa Eye. “Maybe I’m a little biased when I say that. And nothing against her or her fight skill or her ability. The girl has never said one bad thing about me, and I’m not saying anything bad about her, either. I just know what I want and I ideally see myself doing. Maybe that’s why I look at it the way I look it.”
“I want that fight. I didn’t get in this sport to just be one of the top-five fighters. I got into this sport to be a champion. Until I’m a champion, I’m just going to push, push, push, push, push until I’m there.”
Eye är övertygad om att hon kommer att få möta Rousey om Eye tar sig förbi Tate.
“I’m going to beat Miesha Tate, and I’m going to fight Ronda Rousey and get that title,” sa Eye. ”I know that everybody is looking right now, and I know that this is the time. … Jessica Eye is here. The ‘Evil’ is here. It’s my turn.”
“Everybody in this sport has a purpose. I just know what mine is.”
