Bloody Elbow's Connor Ruebusch takes a look at the matchmaking behind the UFC on Fox 20 main event between Holly Holm and Valentina Shevchenko, and predicts a tedious, tepid fight.
Holly Holm and Valentina Shevchenko are two of the best in the bantamweight division. Shevchenko's last fight was a fairly close loss to Amanda Nunes, the current champion. Holm's last fight was a last-second loss to Miesha Tate, from whom Nunes took the title. Matching these two together makes absolute sense from a rankings perspective.
I suspect, however, that UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby had other aspirations for the contest.