The co-main event at UFC 231 isn’t the only fight taking place in the women’s flyweight division. Katlyn Chookagian and Jessica Eye will step into the Octagon before Valentina Shevchenko and Joanna Jedrzejczyk square off for the division’s belt, and the winner of that fight could be in line for the next title shot.
When the UFC announced Jedrzejczyk would fight for the flyweight belt in her first fight at 125 pounds in the promotion, it was met with some resistance, and even between Eye and Chookagian, the opinions are split.
“Everyone knows who she is. No one knows who the rest of us are,” Chookagian said.