Valentina Shevchenko News

Josh Evanoff - October 10, 2024

Fresh off a UFC flyweight title win, Valentina Shevchenko won’t rule out a move to bantamweight. ‘Bullet’ recently appeared in the cage in the co-main event of Noche UFC last month in Las Vegas. There, Valentina Shevchenko faced Alexa Grasso for the third, and likely final time. Over a year and a half after losing the gold to the Mexican fighter, the former champion avenged her defeat.

Fernando Quiles Jr. - September 23, 2024

Valentina Shevchenko was caught off guard when a sizable portion of UFC fighters picked against her ahead of a trilogy fight against Alexa Grasso. Shevchenko and Grasso fought each other a third time in the co-main event of UFC 306. The women’s flyweight title was at stake. “Bullet” turned in a one-sided performance thanks to her grappling, reclaiming UFC gold in the process.

Curtis Calhoun - September 18, 2024

Chael Sonnen believes UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko missed out on a valuable opportunity after defeating Alexa Grasso in their trilogy fight. Shevchenko defeated Grasso by unanimous decision to reclaim the UFC women’s flyweight title at UFC 306. After back-to-back winless outings against Grasso, Shevchenko got her revenge and reeled in a new flyweight title reign.

Cole Shelton - September 16, 2024

The UFC held its first-ever event at Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday for a solid UFC 306 card, that saw two titles on the line. In the main event, Sean O’Malley was looking to defend his bantamweight title for the second time against Merab Dvalishvili. The co-main event saw Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko having their trilogy match for the 125lbs title.

Harry Kettle - September 15, 2024

Merab Dvalishvili and Valentina Shevchenko showed off their dance moves last night after their respective wins at UFC 306. Last night, two new champions were crowned at the Sphere in Las Vegas. First, Valentina Shevchenko defeated Alexa Grasso to reclaim her UFC women’s flyweight championship. Then, shortly afterward, Merab Dvalishvili dominated Sean O’Malley to become the new UFC bantamweight champion. As you can imagine, both were pretty overjoyed.

Chris Taylor - September 14, 2024

Tonight’s UFC 306 event was co-headlined by a trilogy fight between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko for the women’s flyweight title. Grasso (16-4-1 MMA) and Shevchenko (24-4-1 MMA) were colliding for a third straight time this evening at The Sphere in Las Vegas.

Chris Taylor - September 14, 2024

We have you covered for all of tonight’s UFC 306 results, including the women’s flyweight title fight between Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko. Grasso (16-3-1 MMA) and Shevchenko (23-4-1 MMA) will be colliding for a third straight time this evening at The Sphere in Las Vegas.

Cole Shelton - September 12, 2024

In the co-main event of UFC 306, the women’s flyweight title is up for grabs as Alexa Grasso looks to defend her belt in the trilogy match against Valentina Shevchenko. Heading into the fight, Grasso is a slight -140 favorite while the challenger is a +110 underdog on FanDuel. Ahead of the scrap, BJPENN.com reached out to several pro fighters to make their picks for the women’s flyweight title fight. The pros slightly lean towards Grasso getting the win, as most of them think Shevchenko’s age has caught up to her and that she’s lost a step.

Cole Shelton - September 9, 2024

Alexa Grasso is expecting her UFC 306 title defense against Valentina Shevchenko to be violent. Grasso and Shevchenko are set for their trilogy match on Saturday at the Sphere in a highly-anticipated bout at UFC 306. The two fought to a draw last September after Grasso scored an upset submission win in March of 2023 to win the title.

Curtis Calhoun - September 4, 2024

Former UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko reacted humorously to Wang Cong’s callout following a successful promotional debut last month. Shevchenko will face UFC flyweight titleholder Alexa Grasso in the UFC 306 co-main event. Their trilogy is the first in UFC women’s flyweight history and features two of the greatest female fighters on the planet.

Curtis Calhoun - September 4, 2024

Former UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko has responded to Alexa Grasso’s recent remarks about their relationship ahead of their UFC 306 trilogy. Shevchenko and Grasso will settle the score in the UFC 306 co-main event on September 14th. The card marks the first-ever major sporting event at the Las Vegas Sphere, a state-of-the-air venue.

Harry Kettle - September 3, 2024

Alexa Grasso has spoken about her relationship with Valentina Shevchenko heading into their trilogy fight. Over the course of the last few years, Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko have gone to war. They have battled it out over the women’s flyweight championship in two thoroughly entertaining collisions. In the first meeting, Grasso pulled off a shock submission win. In the second, it ended in a surprising split draw, with many believing Valentina had done enough to get her hand raised.

Curtis Calhoun - July 26, 2024

UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley will face the surging Merab Dvalishvili at the historic UFC 306 event at the Las Vegas Sphere. UFC CEO Dana White announced the news of the O’Malley vs. Dvalishvili headliner on Friday.

Josh Evanoff - June 27, 2024

Women’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso will fight at Noche UFC with or without Valentina Shevchenko. The two flyweight stars are seemingly set for a trilogy bout later this year. Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko last met at Noche UFC last September, fighting to a split draw. The bout took place just a few months after the Mexican fighter ended the ‘Bullet’s’ historic title reign by submission last March.

Susan Cox - March 13, 2024

Alexa Grasso is claiming a judges scoring error resulted in her rematch with Valentina Shevchenko being ruled a split draw. It was Alexa Grasso (16-3 MMA) vs. Valentina Shevchenko (23-4 MMA) in a flyweight bout back in March of 2023 at UFC 285. The result was a submission victory for Grasso at 4:34 of round 4, crowning her the UFC flyweight champion.

Harry Kettle - March 12, 2024

Valentina Shevchenko has explained why she doesn’t believe it would be fair for her to battle Alexa Grasso at UFC 306. In the last twelve months, Valentina Shevchenko and Alexa Grasso have built up quite the rivalry. At UFC 285, Grasso shocked the world by submitting Shevchenko to become the new UFC women’s flyweight champion. Then, six months later, the two fought to a draw as part of the UFC’s Mexican Independence Day celebrations.

Susan Cox - March 8, 2024

UFC CEO Dana White has announced that Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko will serve as opposing coaches at TUF 32. A trilogy fight was anticipated between Grasso (16-3-1 MMA) and Shevchenko (23-4-1 MMA) with a timeline yet to be determined by the promotion.

Chris Taylor - November 10, 2023

Former UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko has taken aim at Sean Strickland for his comments about women’s MMA. It was just yesterday that UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland took to social media where he dubbed women’s MMA as being lame while citing some recent comments made by Paige VanZant.