Valentina Shevchenko

Valentina "Bullet" Shevchenko is the current UFC Women's Flyweight Champion with a professional MMA record of 22 wins and 3 losses. Valentina is currently ranked #2 in the UFC Women's pound-for-pound rankings.

1. Early Life and Career
2. Valentina Shevchenko UFC
3. Valentina Shevchenko vs Amanda Nunes 2
4. Valentina Shevchenko vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk
5. Valentina Shevchenko Career Stats
6. Valentina Shevchenko Last Fight
7. Valentina Shevchenko Record

Early Life and Career

Valentina started her combat sports journey at the age of 5 when she started learning taekwondo. She would later start Muay Thai Kickboxing at the age of 12 followed by Vale Tudo. Shevchenko's kickboxing career started at the age of 12 when she defeated a 22-year-old via knockout. Valentina would then go on to have a kickboxing record of 57-2 and a professional boxing record of 2-0

Shevchenko made her professional MMA debut at the age of 15 at the Kyrgyz Federation of Kulatuu which she won via TKO. Valentina would go on a six-fight win streak in the Korean, Russian and Kyrgyz promotions before taking a hiatus in 2006.

After coming back from her hiatus in 2010, Valentina would suffer a controversial loss before returning to her winning ways and amassing a record of 11-1 before joining the UFC

Valentina Shevchenko UFC

Shevchenko would make her UFC debut on short notice at UFC On Fox 17 against Sarah Kaufman who she would defeat via split decision. Shevchenko's first UFC defeat would come in her next fight where she faced Amanda Nunes at UFC 196 and lost via unanimous decision. She would regain her momentum by defeating Holly Holm and Julianna Pena before getting a rematch and a title shot against Amanda Nunes for the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship. Shevchenko would again lose to Nunes in a close fight via split decision at UFC 215 and would go to the Flyweight division after her loss.

Shevchenko would fight Priscila Cachoeira and defeat her in the second round via rear-naked choke to get a UFC Women's Flyweight Title Shot against Nicco Montano at UFC 228. The bout would be canceled as Montano would face the side-effects of weight cutting and would thus be stripped of the title and Shevchenko would instead face Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the vacant UFC Women's Flyweight Championship at UFC 231. Valentina would defeat Joanna via a Unanimous Decision to become the new UFC Women's Flyweight Champion. After her victory, Shevchenko would dominate the flyweight division and defend her title 6 times against the likes of Jessica Eye, Liz Carmouche, Katlyn Chookagian, Jennifer Maia, Jessica Andrade, and Lauren Murphy.

Valentina Shevchenko vs Amanda Nunes 2

Valentina Shevchenko rematched Amanda Nunes at UFC 215 for the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship. Valentina would have a more competitive showing than the first fight but would yet again come out short as Amanda would land more strikes at 90 to 85. The major difference between the fighters would be at the ground where Amanda was able to land 2 successful takedowns and have a ground control time of 2 minutes and 32 seconds as compared to Valentina who had no ground control time to her name. Valentina would lose the fight via split decision.

Valentina Shevchenko vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk

Valentina Shevchenko fought Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 231 for the vacant UFC Women's Flyweight Championship. Valentina and Joanna would be neck to neck in terms of total strikes with Joanna edging out 124-118. However, Valentina would dominate Jedrzejczyk on the ground. She would land 5 successful takedowns and maintain ground control for over 8 minutes to win the fight via Unanimous Decision and become the new UFC Women's Flyweight Championship.

Valentina Shevchenko Career Stats

Current Status:

Valentina Shevchenko's current record stands at 22-3. She is the current UFC Women's Flyweight Champion.

Win-Loss-Draw:

Matches	Wins	Losses	Draws
25	22	3	0

Wins by KO/TKO:

1. 8

Wins by Submission:

1. 7

Wins by Decision:

1. 7

Current Titles:

1. UFC Flyweight Championship

Reach:

1. 66.5 in (169cm)

Weight:

1. 125 lb / 56.7 kg

Weight Class:

1. Flyweight

Valentina Shevchenko Last Fight

Valentina Shevchenko's last fight was against Lauren Murphy who she defeated via TKO(elbows and punches) at UFC 266 to retain the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship.

Valentina Shevchenko Record

Below is the professional MMA record of Valentina Shevchenko:

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date
Win	22-3	Lauren Murphy	TKO (Elbows and Punches)	UFC 266	25/09/2021
Win	21-3	Jessica Andrade	TKO (Elbows)	UFC 261	24/04/2021
Win	20-3	Jennifer Maia	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC 255	21/11/2020
Win	19-3	Katlyn Chookagian	TKO (Elbows and Punches)	UFC 247	08/02/2020
Win	18-3	Liz Carmouche	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2	10/08/2020
Win	17-3	Jessica Eye	KO (Head Kick)	UFC 238	08/06/2019
Win	16-3	Joanna Jedrzejczyk	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC 231	08/12/2019
Win	15-3	Priscila Cachoeira	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders	03/02/2018
Loss	14-3	Amanda Nunes	Decision (Split)	UFC 215	09/09/2017
Win	14-2	Julianna Pena	Submission (Armbar)	UFC on Fox: Shevchenko vs. Peña	28/01/2017
Win	13-2	Holly Holm	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC on Fox: Holm vs. Shevchenko	23/07/2016
Loss	12-2	Amanda Nunes	Decision (Unanimous)	UFC 196	05/03/2016
Win	12-1	Sarah Kaufman	Decision (Split)	UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs Cerrone 2	19/12/2015
Win	11-1	Jan Finney	Decision (Unanimous)	Legacy FC 39	27/02/2015
Win	10-1	Hellen Bastos	TKO (Retirement)	Fusion FC 6	26/02/2014
Win	9-1	Priscila Orellana	TKO (Punches)	Fusion FC 5	18/12/2013
Win	8-1	Akjarkyn Baiturbaeva	Decision (Unanimous)	KF-1 - MMA World Competition	30/04/2011
Loss	7-1	Liz Carmouche	TKO (Retirement)	C3 Fights: Red River Rivalry	30/09/2010
Win	7-0	Yulia Nemtsova	Submission (Ezekiel Choke)	Professional Free Fight	03/03/2006
Win	6-0	Kyung Aeh Kim	Submission (Armbar)	WXF: X-Impact World Championships 2005	09/07/2005
Win	5-0	Roza Kalieva	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	Kazakhstan Federation of Pankration 2	22/03/2005
Win	4-0	Alla Iskarenova	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	Kazakhstan Federation of Pankration	21/03/2005
Win	3-0	Erkesh Kokoeva	TKO (Punches)	Kyrgyz Federation of Kulatuu 2	15/10/2004
Win	2-0	Mi Choi Kim	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	VFX - X-Impact World Championships 2003	03/12/2003
Win	1-0	Eliza Aidaralieva	TKO (Punches)	KFK - Kyrgyz Federation of Kulatuu	21/04/2003