Valentina Shevchenko Vs Priscilla Orellana

• Former women’s bantamweight title challenger Valentina Shevchenko made her flyweight debut against promotional newcomer Priscila Cachoeira in the UFC Fight Night 125 co-main event on Saturday in.
• Valentina Shevchenko was born March 7th 1988 to a fighting family in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Her older sister Antonina Shevchenko is a multiple time Kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion, and her mother, Elena Shevchenko is a 3rd degree Black Belt in Taekwondo and President of the Federation of Thai Boxing in Kyrgyzstan.
• By John Morgan February 4, 2018 12:40 am Valentina Shevchenko (15-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) announced herself as an immediate contender at 125 pounds, scoring a brutal beatdown of UFC newcomer Priscila.

Priscila Cachoeira breaking news and and highlights for UFC 262 fight vs. Priscila Cachoeira, with official Sherdog mixed martial arts stats, photos, videos, and more for the Flyweight fighter. Priscila Cachoeira (born 19 August 1988) is a Brazilian female Mixed martial arts fighter, currently competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship Personal life. Cachoeira had a troubled childhood growing up. Cachoeira made her UFC debut on 3 February 2018 at UFC Fight Night 125 against Valentina Shevchenko.

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Fighter Details

• Name:Valentina Shevchenko
• Pro MMA Record:20-3-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
• Nickname:Bullet
• Current Streak:6 Wins
• Age:33 Date of Birth:1988.03.07
• Last Fight:November 21, 2020inUFC
• Weight Class:Flyweight Last Weigh-In:124.5 lbs
• Affiliation:Tiger Muay Thai
• Height:5'5' (165cm) Reach:65.5' (166cm)
• Career Disclosed Earnings:$188,000 USD
• Born:Frunze, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
• Fighting out of:Lima, Peru
• College:N/A
• Foundation Style:Boxing, Muay Thai
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Valentina Shevchenko Is the current UFC flyweight champion.

She is a 2nd Dan Black Belt and Master of Sport in Tae Kwon Do.

An international Master of Sport in Muay Thai.

A Master of Sport in boxing.

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A Master of Sport in kickboxing.

and a Black Belt and Master of Sport in Judo.

Shevchenko fights from a southpaw stance.

Her pro boxing record is 2-0

Her pro kickboxing record is 56-2 with 4 KO's

Her pro MMA record is 20-3 with 6 KO's and 7 Submissions.

Valentina Shevchenko was born March 7th 1988 to a fighting family in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Her older sister Antonina Shevchenko is a multiple time Kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion, and her mother, Elena Shevchenko is a 3rd degree Black Belt in Taekwondo and President of the Federation of Thai Boxing in Kyrgyzstan. Since beginning her martial arts career at the age of 5 Shevchenko has excelled in virtually every discipline she has attempted.

Boasting a staggering 55-1 combined record across Muay Thai and Kickboxing. Shevchenko also dipped her toe into boxing chalking up a pair of professional victories in her adopted country of Peru. Her MMA career began at the age of just 15 submitting Mi Choi Kim in the first round at a WXF event in South Korea. Following this Shevchenko took K-1 and Savate bouts in Russia before returning to MMA and earning her 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th first round submission victories at events in Kazakhstan, Russia and South Korea once more. At 5-0 Shevchenko switched focus to collecting IFMA Muay Thai world titles but after a 4 year absence returned to MMA and made her American debut under the C3 Fight banner.

Shevchenko tasted her first defeat on her professional record, loosing by second round TKO due to cuts to the future UFC title contender Liz Carmouche. Licking her wounds as a mixed martial artist for the first time Shevchenko returned to happier hunting grounds in Seoul by defeating Kazakh debutant Akjarkyn Baiturbaeva by decision. With the ship righted Shevchenko took another hiatus from MMA, decamping in Lima, Peru where she would collect her boxing scalps, World Combat Games Gold, and a veritable myriad of continental and world Muay Thai and K-1 titles.

After three and a half years way from MMA Shevchenko made yet another return, this time balancing kickboxing demands with a professional MMA career. After a pair of TKO's over Ecuadors' Priscilla Orellana and Brazil's Hellen Bastos for Fusion FC in Peru she then claimed the biggest MMA scalp of her fledgling career, taking a decision victory over Jan Finney for Legacy FC.

Bigger challenges awaited the devastating striker and although cancelled bouts for Legacy FC against Carina Damm and Kalindra Faria have curtailed her progress, It was undeniable that Legacy FC had a future star on their hands.

On January 28th 2017 Shevchenko faced Juliana Pena on UFC on fox 23. She won the fight by armbar submission in round two.

Valentina Shevchenko Vs Amanda Nunes

On September 9th 2017 Shevchenko challenged for the UFC bantam weight championship In a rematch against Amanda Nunes who is one of only two opponents who has beaten Shevchenko and again Shevchenko lost a very close fight by split decision.

February 3rd 2018 was Shevchenko's first UFC fight in the newly formed Flyweight division, a much better fit for her size than Bantamweight where she came up short twice against the G.O.A.T. of female MMA Amanda Nunes. For her inaugural fight she drew the undefeated Priscila Cachoeira. Shevchenko dominated the fight until 4:25 of round two when the ref waived it off.

On December 8th 2018 Valentina Shevchenko faced Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the vacant UFC flyweight championship.

Shevchenko won the bout by unanimous decision.

Her first title defense was against Jessica Eye which ended when Valentina donated her shin to the Jessica Eye Astro-Traveler foundation with perhaps the most devastating head kick KO in the female division. The kick sounded like a baseball bat and left Jessica Eye unconscious and motionless for a frightening amount of time. Joe Rogan said appropriately Valentina Schevchenko is an assassin and she certainly fit the title.

She followed up on her performance of the night by getting sweet revenge in the form of a unanimous decision against Liz Carmouche who was the only other person other than Amanda Nunes she had previously fell short to. The fight was lopsided and supported most peoples belief that the first fight in which an up kick had caused a cut that the doctor felt was to severe to continue was a fluke and the better fighter was not the one who won that night.

Her third defense saw her returning to her KO ways with a third round TKO over Katlyn Chookagian.

Her fourth defense was on a card in which Valentina and her sister Antonina Shevchenko both fought and were both victorious. Valentina fought a gritty Jenifer Maia to a Unanimous decision and Antonina got a second round TKO. It was the first time the UFC has ever had sisters fight and also the first time sisters have won on the same card.

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UFC Fight Night 125 took place in Belem, Brazil last night. There is one fight in particular I would like to comment on. Valentina Shevchenko vs. Priscila Cachoeira. The fight was a mis-match from the start, but evidently Shevchenko had difficulty finding opponents, which is unsurprising given that she just lost a close decision for the 135 lbs. belt and has a Muay Thai/Kickboxing record of 56-2 (including three wins over former straw-weight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk) as well as a Master of Sport in Judo. Priscilla, while having an undefeated record, has not been fighting long and had to overcome great personal difficulties prior to starting her fight career. So, well, the outcome was as close as “never in doubt” as any fight can be. And the beating commenced from the opening bell. After landing a few solid shots, Shevchenko quickly took Cachoeira to the ground via body-lock and inner reaping. Then the punishment started. Shevchenko fought smart, never once sacrificed position, split her open with elbows and a barrage of punches. This went on for four minutes, with Shevchenko maintaining dominant position and landing 95 of 108 strikes thrown (43 significant strikes). Then came the shortest minute of Cachoeira’s young life, and she was promptly hit with a check hook, had her head and posture controlled, and was taken down via reaping again. As this occurred in the middle of the ring, Shevchenko passed guard four times to maintain position and landed nearly 90 additional strikes before achieving full mount, then rained down additional punches until Cachoeira (which means waterfall, thank you Marilia) gave up her back. For those who do not know what this means, it means turning over so you do not get hit in the face any more.

From top position Valentina quickly secured the rear-naked choke, and Priscila tapped in short order- twice. (Referee Mario Yamasaki missed the first tap).

Much has been made about when the fight should have beens stopped, and I am of the opinion that it should have been stopped earlier. The rule states that the referee should stop the fight when a fighter is “not intelligently defending herself.” So it comes down to a judgment call about what constitutes intelligent defense. Does “not giving up” mean one is intelligently defending? No. Many fighters maintain some sort of awareness despite being knocked absolutely stupid. And the number one job of the referee is to protect both fighters (this has often been said by both John McCarthy and Herb Dean, two of the most well-known referees and those of longest standing – McCarthy referred UFC 2). This is where Yamasaki failed last night.

However, there were other options to protect the fighter:

1. A fighter can tap to strikes. This is rarely done for a variety of reasons, including the stigma attached to it. For some reason, tapping to strikes is viewed in a far more negative light than tapping to a submission. No idea why this is viewed as such, but having been there, I do seem to understand how, if not why. Perhaps it should be noted that not too many of us (fighters) have been Nobel Prize candidates.
2. The corner can throw in the towel. Honestly, these are the people I blame the most. When you work with a fighter for years, there is one person and one person only that has the greatest influence on the fighter, and that is the coach. Referees and judges routinely turn in poor performances, but the number one job of the people who coach the fighter is to protect the fighter, and this cannot be understated.

Valentina, in securing the choke, not only won the fight, but decreased the amount of damage she did to her hands and stopped Priscila from taking any more of a beating that she already did. I am not sure where the numbers fall yet, but this differential is probably a record. I hope so, because I do not want anyone to get hit this much and the referee and coaches stand idly by.