Most of the mixed martial arts world was impressed with Valentina Shevchenko’s victory over Holly Holm last July.
Don’t count Julianna Pena among them.
The outspoken Ultimate Fighter 18 winner, who meets Shevchenko the main event of UFC on FOX 23 Saturday night in Denver, compared Holm’s place in the sport to the boxer who scored a legendary upset over a prime Mike Tyson in 1990.
Just as Douglas lost to Tyson, then promptly lost the belt and faded into obscurity, Pena believes Holm’s legacy is as the woman who beat Ronda Rousey for the UFC women’s bantamweight belt, then went on a downward spiral.