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The current drama going around right now in the UFC is the situation between the recently separated JP Buys and Cheyanne Vlismas. The two were famously married and then their separation brought a lot of attention a few months ago.
Recently, Cheyanne Vlismas did an interview where she said she was in hiding and explained the situation a little bit. The UFC flyweight recently spoke about the situation with Mike Heck of MMAFighting.
“It’s been a little bit frustrating from my side trying to, No. 1, keep quiet and focus on myself; No. 2, trying to heal through this whole process; No. 3, trying to figure out my life and my situation and things that are going on in my personal life,” UFC flyweight JP Buys told MMA Fighting on Monday. “Every day, my phone gets blown up by people because of things she says publicly, or posts [on social media].
“The world has just been exploding every day, commenting on my stuff, sending me messages, ‘What did you do to your wife? Why is she running from you?’ It’s a little bit frustrating. … That literally got attention drawn to me as if she’s running away from me — like physically or something.”
Cheyanne Vlismas said that she would be unable to fight and unable to make money in the UFC. The statement was a very mysterious one.
“She says that she can’t fight or earn any money, or whatever the case, that’s her choice,” the UFC flyweight explained. “That’s her choice that she can’t fight right now for her personal reasons, or whatever is going on right now. From my side, I literally cannot fight. I literally cannot earn a cent while I’m living in America right now because of my current status.
“With my status right now, I do not have a valid work permit to earn, or fight in the United States. I’m not able to travel out of the United States either. I got offered a fight for the London card but I can’t travel or fight in the United States. … I’ll have to first get a new work permit that could take until the end of the year. I applied for a new work permit on May 7, 2021, through Cheyanne, and I still haven’t received that — which obviously, that is not valid anymore. That’s how far the government is backdated.
“She is the one that’s placing all of these tough difficulties [on herself], but her life is normally going on: She has money, she’s fighting, she can fight when she wants to when she’s ready. She can get a house in her name, she has a car, her life is normally going on. She’s in another country right now, having a vacation, training every day. I can’t get a house in my name. I can’t get a vehicle in my name. I can’t fight. I can’t earn money.”
