That's the only thing they judge upon, so I want to put myself in the best possible situation every time I go out. Because at the end of the day, nobody sees anything but your performance. 'We had a couple of nine-day-notice fights, I would like to have a camp for each fight and go in there and really show my best. 'If it was up to me, I would literally fight every weekend, but my coaches have strongly advised to let them take control. 'They (the UFC) came to us a couple of times actually with some short-notice fights, but I'm not the only one who gets to make the decisions,' O'Neill said. They got out and explored Las Vegas and went hiking, which allowed O'Neill to get in a little covert training.īut it has very much been back to business since July, before the UFC offered up the bout with Shevchenko (9-3), which will be O'Neill's third fight of 2021. While she usually likes to get straight back into the gym on Monday after a fight, O'Neill said she took a week off after defeating Procopio to spend some time with her dad, who was visiting from Australia. Louis Grasse/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images 'I probably started a little slow in the first round and got to learn a few things, which I'm happy I got to go through as well and still come out with the finish.' Antonina Shevchenko departs the Octagon after losing to Andrea Lea at UFC 262 in Houston on May 15. 'I'm still really young in my career, so obviously that fight was my hardest to date, but I feel like I handled the pressure and the fight really well and that I dominated the majority of it. 'It's nice how the UFC is building me - I feel like they're doing it the right way giving me harder fights as I go on,' O'Neill said, reflecting on that victory. Most recently, that came in a third-round stoppage of Lara Procopio, with the Scottish-born Australian securing a rear naked choke submission in June. While O'Neill says she doesn't have to watch her diet as closely at flyweight as she did fighting at strawweight, it's clear that the doughnuts are very much a reward for taking care of business inside the Octagon.

'So clearly I'm thinking about them right now, but I'll definitely be having some after my next fight.' One is Saint Honore, and then there's a place called Paina Café, which does these mochi donuts, which are made from rice and are amazing. 'I've found a couple, but it seems that every time I go to a new one, I like that place more than the last. 'I love doughnuts - they're probably my favorite food or favorite sweet thing, so of course I get doughnuts after every fight,' O'Neill explained with a laugh.

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