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Movsar Evloev takes aim at women’s MMA: ‘It’s so hard’ to watch
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Evloev is unimpressed with women's mixed martial arts.
Evloev recently revealed that he finds it hard to watch women's
MMA. The
Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight claims to have
only ever enjoyed one women's MMA bout and is curious about the
viewership numbers an all-women promotion would garner.
UFC 333 title challenger Movsar Evloev questions the appeal of
women's MMA
Evloev was impressed with Rose
Namajunas' title defense against Joanna
Jedrzejczyk in their rematch at UFC
223 in 2018. However, every other bout is a challenging viewing
experience, according to the unbeaten Russian. He jokes that the
UFC should start a separate league for women's MMA and check its
viewership.
“I don't watch women's fights,†Evloev told MMA Junkie. “I can't
watch; it's so hard. One fight I watched and liked was [Joanna]
Jedrzejczyk and [Rose] Namajunas, the second one… I don't watch a
lot of fights, but all the fights I watched of women weren't good.
Maybe they need a separate UFC just for women. And we will see who
watches that.â€
Many elite male fighters have criticized women's MMA over the
years. Khabib
Nurmagomedov has said that women don't belong in the brutal
sport, barring some exceptional few like the legendary Amanda
Nunes and Valentina
Shevchenko. Meanwhile, Sean
Strickland, who doesn't like women's sports in general,
believes an average man can beat Nunes.
Evloev (20-0) has finally earned his long-overdue featherweight
title shot against Alexander
Volkanovski (28-4). He challenges Volkanovski for the title at
UFC 333 on Oct. 24 at Etihad Arena on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.
While Evloev criticizes women's MMA because of inaction, he has
also drawn backlash for the lack of a finish in his UFC career.
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Salahdine Parnasse is ready for his first UFC fight.
The former two-division KSW champion successfully made weight at Friday's official weigh-ins for the main event of UFC Paris, registering at 155 pounds. His opponent, popular lightweight Dan Hooker, also came in at championship weight.
Parnasse makes his long-awaited UFC debut six months after competing in the United States for the first time when he scored a first-round knockout of Kenneth Cross at the inaugural MVP MMA event in Inglewood, Calif. The Frenchman previously starred for Poland's KSW promotion, where he held gold at lightweight and featherweight, logging seven total successful championship defenses.
He looks to make an immediate splash in the contender picture when he takes on Hooker, a veteran of 24 UFC fights. Hooker is on a two-fight losing streak and looks to avoid taking a third straight loss for the first time in his career.
Watch UFC Paris weigh-in highlights above, with ceremonial weigh-ins set for 12 p.m. ET.
All 28 fighters competing Saturday at Accor Arena successfully made weight.
See official UFC Paris weigh-in results below.
Main Card (Paramount+, 3 p.m. ET)
Dan Hooker (155) vs. Salahdine Parnasse (155)
Fares Ziam (155) vs. Axel Sola (155)
Michael Page (185) vs. Nursulton Ruziboev (186)
Daniil Donchenko (170) vs. Punahele Soriano (170)
Kurtis Campbell (146) vs. Trevor Peek (146)
Losene Keita (146) vs. Muhammad Naimov (145)
Preliminary Card (Paramount+, 12 p.m. ET)
Morgan Charriere (145) vs. Felipe Lima (146)
Mario Pinto (252) vs. Ryan Spann (255)
Oumar Sy (206) vs. Modestas Bukauskas (205)
Nathaniel Wood (146) vs. Pavel Andrusca (146)
Michael Aljarouj (126) vs. Fabia Sintes (125)
Nora Cornolle (136) vs. Klaudia Sygula (136)
Matthieu Duclos (185) vs. Luis Felipe Dias (185)
Delphine Benouaich (115) vs. Sofia Montenegro (115)
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