“Put fear in strawweights’ hearts”- Carla Esparza predicts the scary arrival of Valentina Shevchenko at the strawweight division
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Carla Esparza talks about “The Bullet” Shevchenko! Valentina Shevchenko is a name that every MMA fan is aware of. She is one of the best female fighters to ever step in the octagon and her performance has been impeccable throughout her career. Valentina is currently the UFC women flyweight champion and is also the pound-for-pound best female fighter in the UFC.
Valentina fights in the flyweight division of the UFC and started her professional MMA Career in 2003. Valentina made her UFC debut in 2015 against Sarah Kaufman and she won the fight via a split decision. She fought for the flyweight title against Joanna Jędrzejczyk in 2018 at UFC 231 and won the fight via a unanimous decision.
Valentina recently fought and defeated Taila Santos at the co-main event of UFC 275, and after taking care of business, she expressed her desire to move up to the bantamweight division, to attain the status of ‘champ-champ.’
“I thought Taila looked really awesome”- Carla Esparza offers her take on the title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Taila Santos
UFC’s strawweight champion, Carla Esparza is all set to make her first title defense, and she discussed the possibility of Shevchenko moving down a division instead of going up. Talking to MMA Junkie, she said, “Well, that would be scary. She is a beast, for sure. I think that she would definitely put some fear in a lot of strawweights’ hearts.”
She added, “I mean, if you look at Andrade and Joanna, some of the most dominant strawweights in the division, they go up, fight her, and they get destroyed. It’s hard to say what a weight cut would do to her because that’s a little, you know, a bit to go. But yeah, that would be scary.”
Talking about her fight at UFC 275, Carla said, “I thought Taila looked really awesome. I think she surprised a lot of people with how well she did especially in the first three rounds. I saw there was an accidental headbutt and she lost some vision. Had that not happened, I could see the fight, I mean it was a very close fight, I could have seen it go the other way, but at the end of the day, Valentina got her hand raised.”
Also read – “Would work for me”- Valentina Shevchenko comments on the possibility of moving up to bantamweight division
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