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Jessica Andrade is not one to back down mentally or physically from any of her peers, including the dominant champion she hopes to dethrone: Valentina Shevchenko. Jessica Andrade knows what it feels like to be a UFC champion, and she is eager to relive…
Jessica Andrade is not one to back down mentally or physically from any of her peers, including the dominant champion she hopes to dethrone: Valentina Shevchenko. Jessica Andrade knows what it feels like to be a UFC champion, and she is eager to relive that feeling in a new division. After defeating Rose Namajunas for […]
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UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is open to facing Jessica Andrade next. Shevchenko defended her women’s flyweight title for the fourth time following a dominant unanimous decision victory over Jennifer Maia in the UFC 255 co-main event this past weekend. Given her overall dominance in the flyweight division, the attention quickly turned to who […]
UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is open to facing Jessica Andrade next.
Shevchenko defended her women’s flyweight title for the fourth time following a dominant unanimous decision victory over Jennifer Maia in the UFC 255 co-main event this past weekend.
Given her overall dominance in the flyweight division, the attention quickly turned to who would face her next.
UFC president Dana White earmarked former women’s strawweight champion and recent flyweight debutant Jessica Andrade as a potential problem for “Bullet” with that being a fight many observers would like to see next.
And while Shevchenko believes Andrade should fight Lauren Murphy — currently on a four-fight winning streak — in a title eliminator next, that would mean a long waiting period for the champion.
And so, she’s all for facing Andrade in her next fight.
“I’ll take any opponent they put in front of me.” Valentina told Combate (via Bloody Elbow). “But I think that the fairest thing would be to put Jessica Andrade and Lauren Murphy to face each other, but I don’t want to wait that long.
“That fight would be in a few months, then I would have to wait to face the winner a few more months after that. I don’t intend to wait too long, so why not fight Jessica? Fine by me.”
A fight with Andrade is guaranteed to have action as many observers took issue with Shevchenko’s performance against Maia where she notably decided to outgrapple a jiu-jitsu black belt.
As far as Shevchenko is concerned, that’s a gameplan that came to her during the fight.
“She didn’t surprise me. I expected a tough fight,” Shevchenko explained. “I didn’t expect it to be an easy fight, I’m not one to believe only in the numbers and put the rest of the data aside. I study my opponents and I watch their fights. I knew she was going to be tough. By analyzing Jennifer’s body, I knew she wasn’t going to be heavy, but dense.
“Some people are smoother, others are denser. Jennifer is hard to break. I have a good build and so does Jennifer. Fortunately, I was prepared for a hard fight. My plan was to walk out with the victory, I train for everything and let my body choose which technique to use. It seems my body chose to grapple.”
Given the power that Andrade possesses, it wouldn’t be a surprise if Shevchenko decided to grapple with her either.
Who do you think comes out on top between Shevchenko and Andrade?
Dana White believes former strawweight champion, Jessica Andrade could give Valentina Shevchenko some real problems if they fight. Following Shevchenko’s decision win over Jennifer Maia to defend her belt, many thought Andrade would be next in li…
Dana White believes former strawweight champion, Jessica Andrade could give Valentina Shevchenko some real problems if they fight. Following Shevchenko’s decision win over Jennifer Maia to defend her belt, many thought Andrade would be next in line for her. If that turns out to be the case, White says it will be a very fun […]
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Immediately following Valentina Shevchenko’s latest title defense at UFC 255, Dana White already had her next opponent in mind. At UFC 255, Valentina Shevchenko turned in her fourth successful world title defense when she defeated Jennifer Maia in the …
Immediately following Valentina Shevchenko’s latest title defense at UFC 255, Dana White already had her next opponent in mind. At UFC 255, Valentina Shevchenko turned in her fourth successful world title defense when she defeated Jennifer Maia in the co-main event. Many people already have Shevchenko cleaning out the flyweight division, the same folks who […]
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UFC president Dana White believes former women’s strawweight champion Jessica Andrade will present the first real challenge for Valentina Shevchenko at flyweight. Shevchenko has been a level above the competition at flyweight as she successfully defended her title for the fourth time following a dominant unanimous decision victory over Jennifer Maia in the UFC 255 […]
UFC president Dana White believes former women’s strawweight champion Jessica Andrade will present the first real challenge for Valentina Shevchenko at flyweight.
Shevchenko has been a level above the competition at flyweight as she successfully defended her title for the fourth time following a dominant unanimous decision victory over Jennifer Maia in the UFC 255 co-headliner last night. She was notably a huge betting favorite going into the fight as she closed as high as a -2500 favorite.
The question then turned to who would be next for Shevchenko in addition to whether they can actually give her a challenge. As far as UFC president Dana White is concerned, that person is Andrade.
“I think Andrade vs. Shevchenko is a very fun fight, and the thing I love about that fight is that Shevchenko’s at a place in her career where she needs an opponent that people think actually has a chance of beating her, and I think we all know that Andrade does,” White said at the UFC 255 post-fight press conference (via MMA Fighting).
Andrade recently moved up to the flyweight division and marked her debut with an impressive TKO win over former title challenger Katlyn Chookagian last month.
With three knockouts in her last three wins, the Brazilian’s power stands out in particular for White. However, should Shevchenko get past her, there’s only one fight that makes sense and it isn’t a trilogy with Amanda Nunes.
“If you’re going to go out and be safe against somebody like Jennifer, what are you going to do against Andrade?” White added. “Andrade is going to bring her a lot of things she’s never seen before, not to mention the power Andrade has.
“She just knocked the No. 2 girl [Chookagian] in the world with a body shot. She’s a real problem for Shevchenko that [Shevchenko is] going to have to figure out, and if she does, I think the fight that makes more sense is, [Weili] Zhang will fight here soon, and after Weili fights, maybe you do those two.”
For now, Shevchenko vs. Andrade needs to take place first. And it’s something the latter has on her mind already.
“I think I can make a difference in this division,” Andrade said following her win over Chookagian. “I think I can put up a fight against Valentina. It’s something that should have happened already in other organizations, so I think I’m going to make a difference and put on shows in this division.”
Given Shevchenko’s dominance, it’s possible that is the fight that takes place next.
Do you think Andrade presents problems for Shevchenko?
The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC on ESPN+ 38! Check out all the changes below! Men’s Pound for Pound: Tony Ferguson (#13) and Deiveson Figueiredo (#14) swap places in the rankings this week. Women’s Pound for Pound: Jessica Andrade crac…
The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC on ESPN+ 38! Check out all the changes below! Men’s Pound for Pound: Tony Ferguson (#13) and Deiveson Figueiredo (#14) swap places in the rankings this week. Women’s Pound for Pound: Jessica Andrade cracks the top 5 after her victory over Katlyn Chookagian at UFC on ESPN+ […]
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