Liz Carmouche has been keeping a watchful eye on Valentina Shevchenko ever since she first arrived in the UFC.
At the time, the former bantamweight title contender wasn’t looking at Shevchenko as a potential opponent but rather someone she remembered from the early part of her fighting career after they first met in 2010.
Back then, Carmouche was still getting her feet wet in mixed martial arts while competing in Strikeforce but she was offered an opportunity to compete on a card in Oklahoma where Shevchenko was offered to her as an opponent.