LAS VEGAS -- Some fighters enjoy fighting. It's a good time. They're in MMA, because they like to fight.
Not Valentina Shevchenko. The only thing "fun" about it to her is the winning part of it.
"What's important to me is every victory," Shevchenko told MMA Fighting on Thursday at UFC 196 media day. "Martial arts is my life. I'm here not to have fun. Fight for me is victory. It's all that I want."
Shevchenko (12-1) will face Amanda Nunes here Saturday at MGM Grand. She only has one previous UFC fight, a win over Sarah Kaufman, and she's already knocking on the door of a women's bantamweight title fight.