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Shevchenko-Eye set for UFC 238 in June

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The ladies of the Octagon will be on centerstage at United Center in Chicago on June 8, as three pivotal bouts in the strawweight and flyweight divisions were made official for UFC 238.

In a five-round bout for the flyweight championship of the world, Valentina Shevchenko will make the first defense of her crown against Ohio’s Jessica “Evil” Eye.

Hoping to get a shot at the winner will be top ten 125-pound contenders Katlyn Chookagian and Joanne Calderwood, and in a matchup that could decide the next challenger for the strawweight title, top five contenders Tatiana Suarez and Nina Ansaroff collide.

Shevchenko won the vacant title with a five-round unanimous decision win over former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk in December. The bout served as the co-main event of UFC 231, which took place at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

The fight was Shevchenko’s second bout as a UFC flyweight. She dropped to the 125-pound division in February 2018 after a failed bid to win the UFC women’s bantamweight title. Shevchenko dominated in her first fight at flyweight, submitting Priscila Cachoeira in the second round of their UFC Fight Night 125 matchup.

Tickets for UFC 238, which airs live on pay-per-view, go on sale on April 5.

 

Tatiana Suarez vs Nina Ansaroff booked for UFC 238 on June 8 in Chicago

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Undefeated (7-0, 4-0 UFC) women’s Strawweight wrecking machine Tatiana Suarez will make her her return to action on June 8 as she has been booked to face off against Nina Ansaroff at the upcoming UFC 238 pay-per-view (PPV) event according to MMA Fighting.

Tatiana is coming off another dominant performance, shutting down former division champion Carla Esparza at UFC 228 last September to earn her fourth straight win inside the Octagon. Nina, meanwhile, has been on a tear herself, winning four in a row including her latest win over former title contender, Claudia Gadelha, at UFC 231 last December.

Also, Joanne Calderwood will look to make it three in a row as she will face Katlyn Chookagian in women’s Flyweight action. UFC 238 currently doesn’t have an official headliner, but recent reports suggest Valentina Shevchenko could defend her Flyweight belt against Jessica Eye at the event.

Keep it locked in to MMAmania.com as more fights for the PPV event are announced.

UFC 238 Valentina Shevchenko vs Jessica Eye flyweight title bout

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 Valentina Shevchenko will be making her first UFC flyweight title defense in June in Chicago. While the bout agreements haven’t been signed yet, the promotion is close to matching up Shevchenko with Jessica Eye at UFC 238.

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Shevchenko (16-3, 5-2 UFC) claimed the vacant title in December by winning a one-sided decision victory over former 115-pound champ Joanna Jedzrejczyk. Her only two losses in the UFC were to bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes – both very close decisions that could have gone either way.

Eye (14-6, 1 NC, 4-5, 1 NC UFC) has completely turned her career around since the introduction of the UFC 125-pound division. She has won three bouts in a row, defeating Kalindra Faria, Jessica-Rose Clark, and Katlyn Chookagian.

UFC 238 will take place June 8th in the United Center in Chicago. It is expected that this bout will serve as a co-main event, while another title fight will serve as the headliner.

UFC 238 Cormier vs Lesnar is an upcoming MMA Fight on June 8

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Former champion Lesnar (5-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) came into the cage after Daniel Cormier (22-1 MMA, 11-1 UFC) won the heavyweight belt at UFC 226 and seemingly set up a future title fight.UFC 238 (Cormier vs Lesnar) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on June 8, 2019 in Chicago at the United Center

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Conor McGregor could return this summer, possibly against Donald Cerrone at UFC 238

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The only summer pay-per-view event on the current schedule is UFC 238 on June 8, though both the location and the card have yet to be announced.

Whoever McGregor fights next, it could set up an anticipated rematch with Nurmagomedov, a bout White has said “should happen” late in 2019.

Nurmagomedov kept his UFC lightweight belt with a fourth-round submission of McGregor at UFC 229, after which he leaped over the cage and charged at Dillon Danis, one of McGregor’s cornermen.

Nurmagomedov’s team, meanwhile, rushed the cage and attacked McGregor himself. The Nevada State Athletic Commission suspended Nurmagomedov for nine months as a result.

Conor McGregor is serving a six-month suspension levied by the Nevada State Athletic Commission over his role in a brawl that occurred after his UFC 229 loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov in October.

The sanction ends on April 6, and the Irish mixed martial artist likely will need a few months to get back into fighting shape before his return to the octagon. On Friday, UFC President Dana White all but confirmed that timetable, telling MMA Junkie he’d “like to see Conor fight this summer.”

His opponent could be Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, who scored a TKO win over Alexander Hernandez at UFC on ESPN+ 1 in January.