What the hell is the UFC doing? They have on their hands a potentially marketable foil for the women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko in Viviane Araujo and rather than promote her to the televised prelims of UFC 245, much less the main card, they bury her on the early prelims. It isn’t like they don’t think she doesn’t have talent; they are pitting her against recent title challenger Jessica Eye in just her third UFC contest. Regardless, they are banishing her to the portion of the card where the least amount of eyes will see her. I will grant that UFC 245 is one of the deepest cards of the year, but it does illustrate how poorly the UFC has promoted some of their divisions.
Diggin’ Deep on UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington - Early prelims preview
