Ten months after her last fight and 15 months after her last title fight, Shevchenko has everything she wants right in front of her. Nunes, also 33, has exhausted potential challengers at bantamweight. But Nunes has an even more impressive record and has not lost since 2014 - the most dominant spell in women’s combat sports. Amanda Nunes has a winning streak stretching back to 2014 Credit: Getty. “I’m not going to the past and it’s not tied to me, every time moving forward and this is more important – to move forward every time.” Valentina Shevchenko is the reigning UFC flyweight champ Credit: Getty. I missed my belt, but it was in the past,” she said. “Not my mistake, but the mistake of the judges. Shevchenko says she has no regrets since she thinks she won.
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She debuted at 135 pounds with a split-decision win over Sarah Kaufman, then dropped a unanimous decision to future champion Amanda Nunes.Īfter impressive victories over former champion Holly Holm and top contender Julianna Pena, Shevchenko got another crack at Nunes, who now wore the bantamweight strap.Įighteen months after their first fight, Nunes was awarded a razor-thin split decision at UFC 215 in September of last year. Shevchenko went all-in on MMA when she signed with the UFC in 2015. My lifestyle, my philosophy, my religion. Shevchenkos record at bantamweight is 12-3 to Rouseys 8-2 as the latters first four bouts were. “But parts of these martial arts is everything for me. Valentina Shevchenko is the dominant force in womens MMA. Of course it’s important,” Shevchenko said with a laugh. “I already knew that this is what I’m gonna do during my life because martial arts for me, it’s not just my job. Shevchenko has been participating in martial arts since she was 5.īy the time she was 11 or 12, and as she began to experiment with other disciplines, she said she was starting to look at it as a potential career. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)ĭon’t take that as cockiness. But by the end of the day, it won’t make any difference.” UFC top-ranked 125-pounder Valentina Shevchenko will take on former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the vacant flyweight title in the UFC 231 co-main event Dec.
“Of course, it’s past like 10 years since the last fight, but in general, it doesn’t change nothing. “It will give me more confidence for my fight because I know what to expect, what kind of opponent to expect, speed and power and everything like this,” Shevchenko said. Each time, Shevchenko won via unanimous decision. From 2006-08, Shevchenko and Jedrzejczyk fought three times.
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