Contemporary off a UFC flyweight title win, Valentina Shevchenko gained’t rule out a transfer to bantamweight.
‘Bullet’ just lately appeared within the cage within the co-main occasion of Noche UFC final month in Las Vegas. There, Valentina Shevchenko confronted Alexa Grasso for the third, and sure last time. Over a yr and a half after dropping the gold to the Mexican fighter, the previous champion avenged her defeat.
In the end, Valentina Shevchenko left UFC 306 with a lopsided unanimous resolution victory. Following the win, many figured the newly topped champion would face fellow striker Manon Fiorot. For her half, ‘The Beast’ hasn’t competed since a unanimous resolution victory over Erin Blanchfield in March.
Nonetheless, that struggle isn’t assured. Talking in a latest interview with Bodog Canada, Valentina Shevchenko was requested about UFC 307’s co-main occasion between Raquel Pennington and Julianna Pena. ‘The Venezuelan Vixen’ in the end emerged with a split-decision victory over ‘Rocky’ over the weekend in Salt Lake Metropolis.
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Valentina Shevchenko opens up on bantamweight transfer following UFC 306 title win
There, Valentina Shevchenko confirmed curiosity in transferring as much as 135 kilos. Whereas ‘Bullet’ added that the transfer may not occur instantly, she refuses to rule it out. If Shevchenko decides to go as much as bantamweight, she might want to take a while to placed on weight correctly.
“You recognize, I used to be so busy engaged on returning my belt again at flyweight, so I didn’t have an opportunity to consider anything,” Valentina Shevchenko stated. “I used to be focusing a lot on Alexa [Grasso]. For a year-and-a-half, the one one individual I used to be considering of was her.” (h/t MMA Information)
“I’m not discarding any alternatives. I’m not saying one thing like, ‘No!’ However yeah, once I recuperate from the final struggle and we return and see my group, my supervisor…we’ll make the choice,” Shevchenko continued. “In all probability for me to go as much as bantamweight, it must cross a while to construct up again my muscle tissues. Spending so lengthy at flyweight, I sort of get smaller. … But when I resolve to maneuver up, it needs to be proper.”
What do you make of those feedback from the UFC girls’s flyweight champion? Do you wish to see Valentina Shevchenko return to bantamweight?
