Valentina Shevchenko has the Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s flyweight division on lockdown, and there does not appear to be a legitimate threat to her reign anywhere on the horizon.
The 32-year-old Kyrgyzstan native was a decorated muay Thai practitioner before she branched off into mixed martial arts. Shevchenko arrived in the UFC in 2015 and built a strong resume that included wins over Sarah Kaufman, Holly Holm and Julianna Pena. She set her sights on the fledgling 125-pound weight class a little more than two years later and has not lost since, going a perfect 5-0 while establishing herself as one of the sport’s most dominant champions.