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Shevchenko on next flyweight contender: ‘It doesn’t matter who, it doesn’t matter how, it doesn’t matter where’

The newly crowned queen of the women’s flyweight division sounds like she’s looking for a busy title reign as champion. Valentina Shevchenko bested former Muay Thai rival – and former dominant UFC strawweight champion – Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 231 this past weekend in Toronto to claim the promotion’s vacant 125 lb title belt.

However, as a new division without a wealth of other notable top contenders in it, Shevchenko doesn’t exactly have a clear big fight on the horizon. That doesn’t appear to bother her, though. The Kyrgyszstani-born fighter – who now lives and trains out of Peru – spoke to the MMA Hour recently, where she made it clear that she’s focused on defending her belt and it doesn’t matter who she defends against.