Valentina Shevchenko wants to become a two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Flyweight champion.
Noche UFC at UFC 306 in the Las Vegas Sphere will once again feature the Flyweight title rivalry between the champion, Alexa Grasso, and Shevchenko when they meet for the third time this weekend (Sat., Sept. 14, 2024). After one of the greatest upsets in recent memory, submitting Shevchenko via a fourth round face crank at UFC 285 in March 2023 (watch highlights), Grasso battled “The Bullet” to a split draw (watch highlights) in their rematch nearly a year ago to the day (Sept. 16, 2023).
The fight was competitive enough for a draw not to be a surprising outcome. However, the round-by-round scoring was where things got controversial and Shevchenko still believes she was robbed.
“I can’t say the last two times, it’s wrong to say that way,” Shevchenko said at UFC 306 media day. “Our second fight, everyone could see that I won the fight but they give a draw. A draw in this circumstances I’d say by itself. What should I do, what should I change? I don’t know. I really had to focus on to perform and prepare myself the best way what I can. I can say I had an amazing training camp. I push myself to all that’s impossible limits, and yeah, just ready for the action and it’s going to be amazing event and amazing fight.”
Shevchenko, 36, last had her hand raised when she successfully defended her title by split decision against Taila Santos at UFC 275 in June 2022.
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