The Valentina Shevchenko vs Taila Santos preview, fight prediction and official betting odds are right here. But before that let’s talk about the entire fight card of UFC 275. UFC 275 will take place this weekend in Singapore and it’s going to be the first-ever UFC PPV event to be hosted by an Asian country. Besides that, UFC has also launched an exclusive opportunity for upcoming Asian prospects to showcase their skills in the form of a fight show titled Road To UFC whose final episode will be aired prior to UFC 275 itself.
In the main event of UFC 275, coming off making a record for the oldest first time champion in UFC history, Brazil’s Glover Teixeira will defend his title for the first time against one of the most lethal knockout artists in MMA history, Jiri Prochazka. In other featuring fights, former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk returns to the Octagon after a break of more than 2 years when she faces Zhang Weili in a rematch, whose first fight was regarded as the greatest women’s bout in MMA history.
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Valentina Shevchenko vs Taila Santos preview
Shevchenko is the second UFC flyweight champion in history and is reigning over the division for nearly 4 years since she defeated the strawweight great Joanna Jedrzejczyk back in 2018. Shevchenko has defended her title a record 6 times now. Her wins include the likes of Joanna, Julianna Pena, Sarah Kauffman, Holly Holm, Jessica Eye, Liz Carmouche, Katlyn Chookagian, Jennifer Maia, Jessica Andrade and many more.
Shevchenko has an elite background in Muay Thai and has been into the “martial art of 8 limbs” since the age of 14. So her standup game is one of the best to have been ever witnessed in MMA history. Her way of mixing her strikes of linear motion like teep kicks with those of circular motion like spinning kicks is like a perfect flow state of combat. But over the years, Shevchenko improved her grappling to such an extent that she was dominating with her ground game more than her stand up and eventually got incredible submission victories in her career. Shevchenko even started to knock her opponents out via ground and pound.
Shevchenko’s next opponent, Taila Santos, might be the toughest test of her career. Santos is a heavy striker with her knockout victories being more than 3 times her submission victories. Santos’ only MMA loss in her 20-fight career so far, was a very close split decision. So Santos has a pretty good record on paper to compete with Shevchenko. She is 5-1 in her overall MMA career.
Valentina Shevchenko vs Taila Santos betting odds and final prediction
Following Valentina Shevchenko vs Taila Santos preview, the betting odds are obvious to predict but here it is. As the official UFC website says, Santos is a +450 underdog as opposed to Shevchenko who is a -630 favourite.
Final prediction: Based on Valentina Shevchenko vs Taila Santos preview and betting odds. Our final prediction would be Shevchenko to defeat Santos by TKO in round 3.
With all due respect to Santos’ toughness, Shevchenko is one of the best ever to ever grace the octagon and her prime time doesn’t sleep to slow down any time soon if we’re to predict the trajectory of her career. Shevchenko has already displayed her toughness on the ground as well despite her elite striking background and Santos is yet to prove if we can get the job done on the ground. Though she has a submission victory in her last fight, the opponent in front of Santos is one of the greatest ever to do it.
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