Valentina Shevchenko’s tenure as UFC Ladies’s Flyweight Champion is the main target of the UFC’s not too long ago launched spotlight video, “Valentina Shevchenko’s DOMINANT Title Reign.” The video, revealed on Could 8, 2025, presents a chronological take a look at Shevchenko’s championship run, that includes struggle footage, commentary, and evaluation from a few of her most important title defenses.
Valentina Shevchenko’s UFC Journey
Valentina Shevchenko captured the vacant flyweight title with a unanimous choice victory over Joanna Jędrzejczyk. All through her reign, Shevchenko demonstrated a mix of Muay Thai hanging, conventional martial arts strategies, and high-level grappling. Her potential to regulate opponents within the clinch, execute takedowns, and preserve dominant positions on the bottom was a recurring theme in her defenses. The video highlights her technical proficiency, significantly her use of kicks, counterstriking, and positional management.
Notable title defenses included a knockout win over Jessica Eye, the place Shevchenko completed the struggle with a head kick after softening her opponent with physique kicks. In opposition to Liz Carmouche, Shevchenko managed the motion over 5 rounds, utilizing her grappling and positional consciousness to safe a unanimous choice. The video additionally options her technical hanging and floor management in victories over Katlyn Chookagian, Jennifer Maia, and Jessica Andrade. Within the Andrade struggle, Shevchenko’s wrestling was on show, as she repeatedly took her opponent down and completed the bout with floor and pound from the crucifix place.
The video additional covers Shevchenko’s protection in opposition to Lauren Murphy, the place she mixed hanging and grappling to safe a late stoppage, and her carefully contested cut up choice win over Taila Santos. All through her reign, Shevchenko’s adaptability was evident, as she adjusted her strategy based mostly on her opponent’s strengths, whether or not counting on hanging, wrestling, or floor management.
Commentary emphasizes Valentina Shevchenko’s lifelong dedication to martial arts. The retrospective supplies a complete overview of Valentina Shevchenko’s title reign, documenting her evolution as a champion and the strategies that outlined her period on the prime of the ladies’s flyweight division.
Valentina Shevchenko‘s Subsequent Struggle
Valentina Shevchenko’s subsequent struggle is about for Could 10, 2025, at UFC 315 in Montreal, the place she is going to defend her flyweight title in opposition to France’s Manon Fiorot within the co-main occasion. This marks Shevchenko’s first title protection since regaining the championship from Alexa Grasso in September 2024.
Fiorot earned her title shot after a unanimous choice victory over Erin Blanchfield, enters because the No. 1 contender with knowledgeable file of 12-1. Shevchenko, now 37, will likely be competing in her twelfth consecutive championship bout, a milestone matched by solely a handful of UFC athletes. The bout is anticipated to be a big problem, as Fiorot is thought for her hanging and has actively sought this chance to compete for the title.
