Valentina Shevchenko thinks feminine fighters are simply as entertaining as the lads. Possibly much more so.
Bullet’ could have one other alternative to show her level on Saturday, Might 10 when the promotion heads again to the Bell Centre in Montreal for a loaded UFC 315 pay-per-view. Within the co-main occasion of the night, Shevchenko will put her flyweight title on the road in opposition to the division’s No. 2 ranked contender, Manon Fiorot.
Additionally showing on the cardboard shall be former flyweight queen Alexa Grasso. She is scheduled to tackle streaking Brazilian standout Natalia Silva in a combat that might have main title implications, notably for Silva.
Rounding out the cardboard shall be Canadian-born Jasmine Jasudavicius who appears to proceed her meteoric stand up the flyweight ranks in opposition to former UFC strawweight titleholder Jessica Andrade.
Shevchenko enthusiastic about all the nice feminine expertise on UFC 315
Talking with MMA Junkie, Shevchenko spoke about all of the wonderful feminine expertise that shall be featured in The Nice White North and her personal private tackle girls’s blended martial arts.
“I feel it’s wonderful for feminine sports activities, for feminine MMA, when there are such a lot of good, proficient, sensible fighters on the identical card. So yeah, I positively assume it’s going to be some of the thrilling combat playing cards. And positively, I do know all the ladies—all of the fighters—we’re going to place every thing we now have to make the fights look the most effective they will. As a result of generally, feminine fights will be extra thrilling than males’s fights. Not each time, however yeah.”
Shevchenko reclaimed the flyweight title in September by way of a dominant five-round efficiency over Alexa Grasso at UFC 306.
As for Fiorot, UFC 315 shall be her first shot at gold contained in the Octagon. The Beast’ has constructed a formidable 7-0 file beneath the UFC banner together with her final three victories coming in opposition to Katlyn Cerminara, ‘Thug’ Rose Namajunas, and Erin Blanchfield. Fiorot has not misplaced a combat since 2018 when she was competing for Cage Warriors.
