It’s why the rescheduling of the fight hasn’t impacted Shevchenko much. She was always an example for me and there was never a rivalry between us because I was looking up to her.”Īntonina’s message way back when resonated with her sister: Work hard. “She was already champion of our country and it is why me and all girls of our generation we would look at her as our example of what we wanted to be in the future.
“I was young and little when I started in martial arts, and she was already a good fighter,” Valentina said of her sister. Her older sister, Antonina, is a Muay Thai fighter with a 39-1 record who will take an MMA fight later this month. Her mother is the president of the Taekwondo federation in her native Kyrgyzstan. If anyone were, she was born to be a fighter. Shevchenko was none too happy at the time, but she moved on quickly, because that’s who she is. They were supposed to fight at UFC 213 in July, but Nunes pulled out on the morning of the fight with a sinus infection. Shevchenko will get her shot at the title two months later than she thought when she faces Nunes on Saturday in the co-main event of UFC 215 at Edmonton’s Rogers Place. Lately, I’ve been fighting Muay Thai stand-up, but in this sport, you have to be able to do everything to succeed.” “If you look at my career, you will see that I have won several fights by submission, several fights by TKO. “I’m a complete martial artist,” she said. She appeared to see it not as a compliment but as an indictment of her game. When she got to the floor with Pena, an elite grappler, Shevchenko flawlessly and easily moved into position for the fight-finishing armbar.Ĭongratulated on her improvement, Shevchenko seemed to recoil a bit.
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Shevchenko showed a full MMA game, with the ability to fight at all distances and in all positions. The win over Pena was something altogether different.
Shevchenko quickly became known for her striking from the moment she debuted in the UFC on Dec. But a win by armbar against one of the UFC’s best fighters was a massive deal. A win over a gifted fighter like Pena is a big deal.
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