After dispatching of Julianna Peña in January, Valentina Shevchenko earned her shot at UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. Promotion for that fight started immediately with Shevchenko and Nunes verbally sparred in the center of the Octagon. Months later, after their title fight became official, the two women clashed again; at the UFC’s summer kickoff press conference. There they needed to be separated after Nunes tapped her fist on Shevchenko’s chin.
“I think that her nerves are at the point of exploding,” said Shevchenko when thinking back to that moment; while speaking with Gino Alva of MMA.