Confirmed: Valentina Shevchenko set to defend her UFC women’s flyweight championship against Taila Santos at UFC 275


Confirmed: Valentina Shevchenko set to defend her UFC women’s flyweight championship against Taila Santos at UFC 275

Valentina Shevchenko vs Taila Santos UFC275

Valentina Shevchenko a.k.a ‘Bullet Valentina‘ all set to defend the flyweight throne once again for the seventh time now against Taila Santos on June 11th, sources reveal. Singapore being the favored venue, the location for the title bout has not been set for now.

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Valentina defended her belt the last time after defeating Lauren Murphy in the fourth round via T.K.O at UFC 266 with a spectacular display of skills.

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Taila Santos on the other hand has been pretty dominant in her last few fights and has earned this title shot especially after securing four straight dominant wins against a hard competition.

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Valentina Shevchenko is undefeated at 125lbs; Can Santos do anything about it?

Valentina Shevchenko
Valentina Shevchenko

Taila Santos has been on four-fight streak while Shevchenko has a six-fight win streak. Can Talia do just enough to snatch that belt away from the champ? We don’t think so as Bullet Valentina has never missed against other high-level athletes. Nonetheless, Santos did show dominance in the octagon against all of her other opponents, took less than one round to defeat Joanne Wood by RNC in her previous bout which makes this one against the champ all the more exciting.

Even though we’ve seen the champ outstrike her opponents and grapple them into submission, this matchup does feel a little tricky but surely the champ is doing her homework, is already sharpening her tools for war. Shevchenko vs Santos would be the co-main event at UFC 275 while the LHW champ Glover Teixeira faces Jiri Prochazka and a few other exciting fights making this a stacked event for sure. Who you got?

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