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https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/5/...-fights-for-bantamweight-title-by-end-of-2022

“I think so,” Shevchenko told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour when asked if a move back to 135 was in her future. “There is always the chance. Definitely the bigger fight, the better."
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Shevchenko was one of the best bantamweights in the world before the UFC created the flyweight division; she lost a controversial split decision to Amanda Nunes for the title at UFC 215. Things have changed dramatically since then, however, with Nunes losing the belt to Julianna Peña in December in one of the biggest upsets in MMA history. Shevchenko was not as taken aback as others were.
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“I was not in shock,” she said. “Of course it was surprising, but I didn’t see Amanda in the same fight shape as she used to be in the fight. For example, when we fought together she was completely different eyes, different everything. In the Julianna fight she was a little bit more relaxed. I don’t know how she prepared for this fight, but she looked different.”
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Still, “Bullet” believes she will be getting a shot at a second title before the year is over.

“I think by the end of the year it’s going to be a good fight,” Shevchenko said. “But also we have to see — Miesha Tate is coming to 125 in July. So many things can happen, many things can change. So yeah, I think it’s possible. It’s very, very, very possible.”



Good to see she wants the fight. Hopefully they can make it happen, whoever her opponent is.
 
YUp I'd like to see that.

Valentina is just not challenged at 125lbs. Her going back to 135lbs would be fun and a challenge as she IS undersized for 135lbs.

If Peña remains Champ after her next fight....then iu'd say almost 100% chance the UFC do Shevchenko vs Peña.
EVen if Nunes wins...I still think UFC do the 135lbs Nunes vs Shev fight.

I want to see Shev fight outside of her comfort zone and that means........135lbs title fight against whoever. Please.
 
YUp I'd like to see that.

Valentina is just not challenged at 125lbs. Her going back to 135lbs would be fun and a challenge as she IS undersized for 135lbs.

If Peña remains Champ after her next fight....then iu'd say almost 100% chance the UFC do Shevchenko vs Peña.
EVen if Nunes wins...I still think UFC do the 135lbs Nunes vs Shev fight.

I want to see Shev fight outside of her comfort zone and that means........135lbs title fight against whoever. Please.

Agreed. It will be nice to see her have a challenge again. It would definitely make sense to do Shev-Pena if Pena wins. Creates a lot more fights down the road.
 
YUp I'd like to see that.

Valentina is just not challenged at 125lbs. Her going back to 135lbs would be fun and a challenge as she IS undersized for 135lbs.

If Peña remains Champ after her next fight....then iu'd say almost 100% chance the UFC do Shevchenko vs Peña.
EVen if Nunes wins...I still think UFC do the 135lbs Nunes vs Shev fight.

I want to see Shev fight outside of her comfort zone and that means........135lbs title fight against whoever. Please.
She had sixteen fights at that weight, you sure fight seventeen would be out of her "Comfort Zone?"


I want to see her at 135 again, against bigger girls than her, esp in rematches, as, she already beat Pena and we all remember both Nunes fights.
 
She had sixteen fights at that weight, you sure fight seventeen would be out of her "Comfort Zone?"


I want to see her at 135 again, against bigger girls than her, esp in rematches, as, she already beat Pena and we all remember both Nunes fights.

The "comfort zone" you're referring to in the first statement is basically what you're saying in the second statement.

Also, the use of commas in the second statement is pretty extraordinary.
 
The "comfort zone" you're referring to in the first statement is basically what you're saying in the second statement.

Also, the use of commas in the second statement is pretty extraordinary.
I was joking about the comfort zone. People give her shit, about a weight class, she fought in most of her career. These are girls she has fought. Think she wanted to rake in as many 125 defenses as she could. She's already going into HOF. She has six defenses and will have seven (if she wins) and eight (if she takes the Tate fight)

She won the second Amanda fight in my eyes (and the eyes of many others.) I watched it in a Mexican restaurant in Torrance California. I was with my Girlfriend and Shane from Fight Tips (If anyone watches his YouTube) came in and watched the card too. Think Valentina just saw Amanda not care (She has been flirting with retirement) and she thinks she has Pena's number. I do not think a seventeenth fight in a weight division, is out of someone's comfort zone. Think if UFC always had WFLY, she may have been there her whole career and really dominated.
 
If she does this I hope she drops the FLW belt. We could finally see some parity in the division
 
Great timing for her. She cleaned out the FLW division and can defend there once a year or so when a new contender emerges and she can get the loss back from Amanda or beat Peña and take the belt. Valentina is the best female fighter out there at the moment
 
Although Schev has "cleaned out" the division for the time being, in a year or so she'll have a plethora of challengers: Fiorot, Cortez, O'Neill, Blanchfield, etc. And, I always hoped women's flyweight could be a place of cross-promotion with UFC and Bellator (Schev vs. Velasquez or McFarlane). So, I think the idea of her doing more than one fight at 135 isn't wise. All super fights do is tarnish the legacy of the smaller fighter (ask Wanderlei, Holloway, etc.) in the end. Now, people consider Schev a GOAT candidate...but if Pena knocks her the fuck out or she loses a THIRD time to Nunes, she'll quickly be forgotten in the history of MMA.

Jarl
 
Why?

What did you dislike about it he comment? Double champs hold up divisions
Don't like to know there is a true champion, who just vacated for the sake of vacating, and there are people competing for next best. Would much rather have dominant champ get their chance while retaining. Shame, Dana never let Aldo attempt LW, but, let BJ fight GSP and then proceeded to give Conor that treatment and had to give that treatment to Amanda and if not for Jon Jones, DC would have kept his LHW belt.

Not interested in seeing false parity in a weakened division, more interested in a dominant champ like Valentina. She has earned to attempt the WBW strap be added to her collection, but, not at the sacrifice of dropping the WFLY. Now, if she permanently left or retired, fine, other than that, not interested what so ever.
 
Although Schev has "cleaned out" the division for the time being, in a year or so she'll have a plethora of challengers: Fiorot, Cortez, O'Neill, Blanchfield, etc. And, I always hoped women's flyweight could be a place of cross-promotion with UFC and Bellator (Schev vs. Velasquez or McFarlane). So, I think the idea of her doing more than one fight at 135 isn't wise. All super fights do is tarnish the legacy of the smaller fighter (ask Wanderlei, Holloway, etc.) in the end. Now, people consider Schev a GOAT candidate...but if Pena knocks her the fuck out or she loses a THIRD time to Nunes, she'll quickly be forgotten in the history of MMA.

Jarl
Not sure having seven title defenses will make her forgotten in the history of MMA. People still talk about BJ Penn...
 
If she does this I hope she drops the FLW belt. We could finally see some parity in the division
You wouldn't just cull it instead if Valentina moves up and stays there? There's one truly elite fighter at 125 currently, you want to see Chookagian and say a Lauren Murphy in a title fight again, I sure don't.
 
https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/5/...-fights-for-bantamweight-title-by-end-of-2022

“I think so,” Shevchenko told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour when asked if a move back to 135 was in her future. “There is always the chance. Definitely the bigger fight, the better."
...
Shevchenko was one of the best bantamweights in the world before the UFC created the flyweight division; she lost a controversial split decision to Amanda Nunes for the title at UFC 215. Things have changed dramatically since then, however, with Nunes losing the belt to Julianna Peña in December in one of the biggest upsets in MMA history. Shevchenko was not as taken aback as others were.
...
“I was not in shock,” she said. “Of course it was surprising, but I didn’t see Amanda in the same fight shape as she used to be in the fight. For example, when we fought together she was completely different eyes, different everything. In the Julianna fight she was a little bit more relaxed. I don’t know how she prepared for this fight, but she looked different.”
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Still, “Bullet” believes she will be getting a shot at a second title before the year is over.

“I think by the end of the year it’s going to be a good fight,” Shevchenko said. “But also we have to see — Miesha Tate is coming to 125 in July. So many things can happen, many things can change. So yeah, I think it’s possible. It’s very, very, very possible.”



Good to see she wants the fight. Hopefully they can make it happen, whoever her opponent is.
The fact that she's talking shit after nunes lost is sus . timing is everything
 
they probably aren't going to do nunes vs shev 3 (amanda doesn't want it)
shev would murder tate

shev vs pena 2 could make sense if its for the belt later in the year.
 
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