{"id":103682,"date":"2014-07-03T05:01:09","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T12:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=103682"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:55:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:55:23","slug":"eye-fires-back-at-rousey-how-can-you-make-a-statement-like-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/eye-fires-back-at-rousey-how-can-you-make-a-statement-like-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Eye Fires Back At Rousey: &#8216;How Can You Make A Statement Like That?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-170-results-davis-calls-out-champion-after-decision-win-against-eye\/jessica-eye-wins-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-87340\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jessica-Eye-Wins-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Jessica Eye Wins PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jessica-Eye-Wins-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jessica-Eye-Wins-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Jessica-Eye-Wins-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jessica Eye spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/07\/jessica-eye-disagrees-with-rousey-on-fighters-not-being-ready-for-title-shot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a> about comments made by Ronda Rousey regarding why she believes Sara McMann lost their title fight.  Rousey said she believes McMann lost because she didn&#8217;t want to be the champ as bad as Ronda, and that she wanted to avoid the media because she couldn&#8217;t handle the pressure it takes to be champ.  <\/p>\n<p>Jessica Eye&#8217;s take on the situation is a bit different:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMaybe (they weren\u2019t) ready to fight, but that doesn\u2019t mean that they (don\u2019t) have all the tools, that they\u2019re a great speaker, a great person, a huge advocate for the sport,\u201d she told MMAjunkie. \u201cJust because you don\u2019t win a fight doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re not technically ready for it. There\u2019s other aspects to it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t think anybody\u2019s given the right as a male or female to even say that, because none of us know each other on a personal level,\u201d Eye said. \u201cHow can you make a statement like that when you don\u2019t know if someone\u2019s ready or not?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m a force to be reckoned with,\u201d she said. \u201cJust because I\u2019ve had a rough year doesn\u2019t mean I don\u2019t have more fights in my contract that I can\u2019t prove myself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI know that when Alexis gives her a lot harder time than she\u2019s expecting, it just makes me look that much better,\u201d she said. \u201cSo I\u2019m hoping for a little bit more of a war. I think people are underestimating Alexis. I didn\u2019t realize when we got on the ground that she was as strong she was, and she sort of neutralized me. With a world-class jiu-jitsu game, it\u2019s going to match up well stylistically with Ronda.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think it\u2019s kind of a hard statement to make,\u201d she said. \u201cI think a champion can make that statement only because it\u2019s their title and they\u2019re holding it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Eye spoke to MMAJunkie about comments made by Ronda Rousey regarding why she believes Sara McMann lost their title fight. 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