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Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jessica Andrade Set For UFC 261

Valentina Shevchenko is set to defend her title against Jessica Andrade next. The pair will meet in a women’s flyweight title fight at the UFC 261 pay-per-view event taking place April 24 as per Dana White (via ESPN). No location has been confirmed as of yet but it will likely take place in either Las […]

Valentina Shevchenko is set to defend her title against Jessica Andrade next.

The pair will meet in a women’s flyweight title fight at the UFC 261 pay-per-view event taking place April 24 as per Dana White (via ESPN). No location has been confirmed as of yet but it will likely take place in either Las Vegas or Abu Dhabi.

Shevchenko will be eyeing a fifth successful title defense as she continues to rule over the 125-pound division with no equal.

“Bullet” is coming off a unanimous decision win over Jennifer Maia in November which followed dominant wins over the likes of Katlyn Chookagian, Liz Carmouche and Jessica Eye.

Andrade, meanwhile, enjoyed a successful flyweight debut following a first-round TKO win over Chookagian in October last year. She had previously suffered two consecutive defeats at 115 pounds, including a first-round TKO defeat to Weili Zhang to lose her strawweight title.

However, having moved up a division, Andrade now has a chance to become a two-division champion and is viewed by many as the biggest test for Shevchenko yet in the flyweight division.

“If you’re going to go out and be safe against somebody like Jennifer, what are you going to do against Andrade?” White said of the fight in November. “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.”

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Coach Expects Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jessica Andrade Next

It looks like we can expect to see Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jessica Andrade in the coming months. That’s according to Andrade’s coach Gilliard Parana who expects it to take place any time between March and May this year. “We were offered the fight in December, but it was very short notice and she had just […]

It looks like we can expect to see Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jessica Andrade in the coming months.

That’s according to Andrade’s coach Gilliard Parana who expects it to take place any time between March and May this year.

“We were offered the fight in December, but it was very short notice and she had just fought, she had some family, spiritual problems to solve,” he told Ag Fight (via BJ Penn). “They contacted us to fight Valentina (Shevchenko) in December again. There have been conversations two or three times. We are waiting for a date that is good for the event and for us.

“We are studying to see if there will be a date soon for this fight. Jessica’s next fight should be with Valentina, almost 100% sure. But if it turns out not to be, we will fight anyone, as it always has been. We asked the UFC to fight in March or April. Then, between March, April, May, the next fight (from Jessica) should come out, for sure.”

Shevchenko is coming off a fourth title defense after outpointing Jennifer Maia at UFC 255 back in November. Andrade, meanwhile, got her flyweight debut off to a successful start following a first-round TKO win over Katlyn Chookagian.

Given Shevchenko’s dominance in the division, many observers have been keen for her to face someone of former women’s strawweight champion Andrade’s caliber. It’s a fight UFC president Dana White was previously excited about as well while Shevchenko was also open to the idea.

“I’ll take any opponent they put in front of me.” Valentina said following her win over Maia. “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.”

Hopefully, it becomes official in the coming weeks.

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