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Amanda Nunes Focused on Beating Valentina Shevchenko Clean

Amanda Nunes doesn’t have a finish over Valentina Shevchenko as a top priority. The first time Nunes and Shevchenko met, “The Lioness” took a unanimous decision victory. When they compete on July 8 at UFC 213, Nunes’ women’s bantamweight title will be on the line. Speaking to MMAJunkie.com, the champion said she isn’t too concerned […]

Amanda Nunes doesn’t have a finish over Valentina Shevchenko as a top priority. The first time Nunes and Shevchenko met, “The Lioness” took a unanimous decision victory. When they compete on July 8 at UFC 213, Nunes’ women’s bantamweight title will be on the line. Speaking to MMAJunkie.com, the champion said she isn’t too concerned […]

UFC 213 Countdown Full Videos

Following a week off, the UFC rolls head-on into their packed summer event schedule with next weekend’s (Sat., July 8, 2017) UFC 213 pay-per-view (PPV) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event, surging women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes will take on top contender Valentina Shevchenko in a rematch of their initial […]

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Following a week off, the UFC rolls head-on into their packed summer event schedule with next weekend’s (Sat., July 8, 2017) UFC 213 pay-per-view (PPV) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In the main event, surging women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes will take on top contender Valentina Shevchenko in a rematch of their initial UFC 196 meeting where “The Lioness” emerged with a close decision victory to earn a bout with then-champion Miesha Tate. Nunes won that bout by shockingly dominating Tate, and then finished off the early stateswomen of the UFC’s initial foray into women’s MMA by running through former dominant champion Ronda Rousey in 48 seconds at last December’s UFC 207.

“Bullet” has racked up quite the impressive record of her own in the octagon, getting back in the win column by soundly defeating the woman who singlehandedly changed the trajectory of the UFC women’s landscape in Holly Holm at UFC on FOX 20 before submitting previously streaking contender Julianna Pena with a picture-perfect armbar at UFC on FOX 23 in January.

The rematch between the two best 135-pound women in MMA figures to be a closely-contested affair that reflects the purest look at MMA, and the UFC for that matter, with a surging champion taking on the clear top contender, and a rival to boot, in the main bout of UFC 213. Watch the full UFC 213 Countdown video for Nunes vs. Shevchenko II right here:

In the co-main, arguably the two best middleweights in the world will face off when Yoel Romero meets Robert Whittaker for the interim championship with champion Michael Bisping doing exactly the opposite of what the main event represents, at least according to many UFC fans.

“The Count” has been out of action since having knee surgery following a close decision win over then No. 14-ranked – and retiring – MMA legend Dan Henderson at UFC 204 last October, and even though he needs to heal up, he continues to chase a huge payday in the form of a title fight versus all-time great Georges St-Pierre, who has never fought at 185 pounds in his historic career.

With Bisping picking and choosing his fights, the surging Romero, who’s knocked off Chris Weidman, Jacare Souza, Lyoto Machida, and Tim Kennedy during a seven-fight win streak in the octagon, will battle a man whom many feel has the most momentum at 185 pounds in TUF: The Smashes winner Whittaker, who knocked out Souza and Derek Brunson to storm into title contender status. Watch the full Countdown video for the anticipated co-headliner right here:

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Valentina Shevchenko Says Nunes is Helpless When The Door Closes

Valentina Shevchenko intends on taking Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) gold and finishing Amanda Nunes in the process. Shevchenko will battle Nunes a second time on Saturday night (July 8) inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The title bout will serve as UFC 213‘s main event. The co-headliner will see Yoel Romero and Robert […]

Valentina Shevchenko intends on taking Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) gold and finishing Amanda Nunes in the process. Shevchenko will battle Nunes a second time on Saturday night (July 8) inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The title bout will serve as UFC 213‘s main event. The co-headliner will see Yoel Romero and Robert […]

Valentina Shevchenko Is ‘Pretty Sure’ She’ll Finish Amanda Nunes At UFC 213

Valentina Shevchenko is feeling very confident in her ability to finish Amanda Nunes come fight night at UFC 213. The pair met initially back at 196 last year, where Nunes took home a unanimous decision win over “The Bullet.” After that fight, “The Lioness” went on to defeat two of the biggest names in female […]

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Valentina Shevchenko is feeling very confident in her ability to finish Amanda Nunes come fight night at UFC 213.

The pair met initially back at 196 last year, where Nunes took home a unanimous decision win over “The Bullet.” After that fight, “The Lioness” went on to defeat two of the biggest names in female mixed martial arts (MMA) history, Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey.

Shevchenko embarked on a nice two-fight winning streak of her own, defeating both Holly Holm and Julianna Pena. Now the pair are set to headline the UFC’s 213 pay-per-view (PPV) event next week (Sat. July 8, 2017) with Nunes’ bantamweight title on the line.

Recently, Shevchenko did a media scrum to promote the upcoming event and commented on her first fight with Nunes. Shevchenko stated that she believes if she were given a few more minutes the first time around with Nunes, she would have finished the Brazilian (quotes via MMA Fighting):

“It’s very sad that I could not finish that time because of time,” Shevchenko said. “Maybe one minute more, it would be different. But I’m pretty sure this time I will finish her as soon as I can.”

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Nunes has been very as of late by issuing a ton of trash-talk towards Shevchenko in the lead-up to their bout, but “Bullet” feels that her experience with Julianna Pena has helped her prepare for this:

“If I don’t say nothing bad about my opponent, it doesn’t mean that my opponents never say it,” Shevchenko said. “Because I had that experience when Julianna Peña was talking some kinds of the same things.

“It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter for me nothing. Because really the one thing that matters is fight. And when the door is closed, no one will help her.”

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UFC 213: Two New Bouts With Four Octagon Newcomers Added

With a week to go, a pair of fights have been added to the UFC Fight Pass prelims for UFC 213. All four fighters set for action will be making their Octagon debuts next Saturday night from Las Vegas, as Cody Stamman meets Terrion Ware at featherweight and James Bochnovic faces off against Trevin Giles […]

With a week to go, a pair of fights have been added to the UFC Fight Pass prelims for UFC 213. All four fighters set for action will be making their Octagon debuts next Saturday night from Las Vegas, as Cody Stamman meets Terrion Ware at featherweight and James Bochnovic faces off against Trevin Giles […]

UFC 213: Replay the First Meeting Between Amanda Nunes, Valentina Shevchenko

Back in 2016, Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko were paired together at UFC 196 in a key bantamweight bout. Now, just over a year later, Nunes is the champion and Shevchenko is gunning for both the title and redemptions. Nunes won that first meeting via decision, going on to win the title a few months […]

Back in 2016, Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko were paired together at UFC 196 in a key bantamweight bout. Now, just over a year later, Nunes is the champion and Shevchenko is gunning for both the title and redemptions. Nunes won that first meeting via decision, going on to win the title a few months […]