Watch the flying weight Champion Valentina Shevchenko debut before joining UFC 275. We all know that the hardest part before doing something legendary is the nerves that hit right before it. Shevchenko shared what this feeling looked like when he posted a video of the observation post during the walk towards the octagon.
Shevchenko made one of his toughest defenses against the title. Tail Santos In Singapore earlier this week. Regardless, the flyweight champion made it to the other side by holding his belt high and keeping his pride high as ever.
The fight saw Shevchenko put down after a long time, even getting some subjugation attempts from Santos, but he was able to properly defend them even in the most difficult moments. Valentina managed to regain her momentum in the later laps as she started mixing well with her elite kick and even Taila’s hard slam takedown.
When the scorecards were announced, Valentina Shevchenko was declared the winner by split decision, a first in her flyweight title reign. At the post-fight press conference, she was going to explain that while she wasn’t overly proud of her performance, she hoped everything she’d been waiting for would be kicked out of Santos and her camp.
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A patient Valentina Shevchenko enters the Singapore indoor stadium at UFC 275
In an unrelated question about the absence of the victory dance, Shevchenko revealed that he had a broken foot entering fight week and therefore avoided the standard ballet dance that followed his victories.
The rigidity seen in Shevchenko at the end of the war is much more intense before he goes on strike. As a cue in the intro song, Shevchenko, who is in the back, is given 15 seconds before the rhythm drops and it is broadcast on the big screen. While her older sister and her coaches seem cheerful and can be seen chattering in the back, Valentina seems focused with Laser not even smiling. When she starts walking towards the song “Lezginka”, she is followed by UFC cameras and fans as she exits the tunnel.
The song itself is very upbeat, a standard add-on to most weddings and dances in party areas, but here it’s the voice of a girl from those areas using it as a pre-war cry. The video follows him to the ring, where the model checks her nails and gets ready for a fight with Vaseline applied to her face. Shevchenko is cut off as soon as she enters the octagon and is left alone as she walks towards another record for the history books.
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