Russian UFC fighter Irina Alekseeva talked about weird messages and fan requests on social networks and men hitting up on her in the streets and in the gym.
"The things they write! 'I want to lick your feet and I'm willing to pay for it.' I reply that my feet are priceless, so he says, 'Come on, I'll buy sneakers for you and sniff them.' I love responding to something like that. I delete normal messages right away, but it's a thrill to get a message from a weirdo. I simply say, 'How much?' - 'Eight thousand.' - 'Dollars?' - 'No, of course not, rubles.' I say, 'My sneakers cost eight thousand, what's in it for me?' - 'Well, I don't have any more money.' I think, wow. Now the price has skyrocketed, the sneakers have become more expensive, and if they want to smell my feet, that's gonna be multiplied by five at least. I came to the U.S., and now they are hitting on me in the UFC Performance," Alekseeva said in an interview with Telecomasia.net.
I was in Turkey that year where I was helping Liana Jojua prepare for the fight, and it was something else. Liana says to me, "Irina, I've been here for three years and this doesn't happen to me." She saw with her own eyes how everyone was hitting up on me in the street, in the gym.
Irina Alekseeva exclusively for Telecom Asia Sport
Alekseeva had five fights in her professional MMA career, with four wins. She won her last fight in October 2021 at Bellator 269 in Moscow against Stephanie Ielo Paige of France.