The Ultimate Fighting Championship hasn’t announced who Valentina Shevchenko will face for the vacant women’s strawweight crown, but there’s a pretty decent chance her opponent could be former muay Thai rival Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
Shevchenko was slated to face 125-pound champion Nicco Montano at UFC 228, but after a failed weight cut hospitalized Montano, the promotion stripped the FIT-NHB product of the title. It also revealed that Shevchenko would face an as-yet-to-be announced foe for the vacant belt, leading to speculation that a Jedrzejczyk bout could be imminent.
Speaking to reporters recently at UFC Fight Night 136 in Moscow, Jedrzejczyk said that nothing is official but hinted that the matchup could be in the works.