russian woman Irina Alexeeva believes his transition from Bellator to the UFC was due to the call to fight Cris “Cyborg” Justino.
Alekseeva, 32, had a Bellator fight in October 2021 and after that, after missing a year and a half, she made her UFC debut, beating Stephanie Egger in the first fight. Cyborg (26-2) was a UFC champion and has won five of her five fights since joining Bellator.
– Managers kind of agreed, I don’t even know how they decide everything on their own. I know Bellator let me go without any problem. I think they “glazed,” but I called Cris Cyborg, and I was [всё равно]who I fought at 57 kg, and she even rolls a lot at 66 kg. They probably like him a lot and realize that I’m crazy and don’t care who to fight. I don’t think they wanted to sully his reputation and glorify me at his expense. They probably thought I wanted to hype, but I seriously wanted to fight her, because even now I would have been offered Nunes, or Holly Holm, or Kunitskaya, who they tell me are strong girls…
It’s amazing to me that people ask me, as a fighter, if I would date Nunes. Even if you take it logically, why am I doing? – become a champion. And I’ll date who they propose to me and when they propose to me. But I fully understand that in the second fight they will not offer them to me. But if they told me if I would go and fight with them even in the next fight, I would agree to gain experience, because they are honored people in this matter,” Alekseeva told .
Alekseeva made her MMA debut in March 2019 and has had six professional fights, losing just one by decision.
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