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Valentina Shevcehnko on rookie opponent: ‘I don’t believe in easy fights,’ she stepped up when big names didn’t

Former UFC bantamweight title challenger Valentina Shevchenko (14-3) makes her flyweight debut this weekend at UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders in Belem, Brazil. The Kyrgyz-Peruvian fighter has fought five times at bantamweight, with her only losses coming to reigning 135lb champ Amanda Nunes.

Shevchenko’s last UFC fight was one of those losses to Nunes; a split decision at UFC 215. “Everyone can see the fight and see all five rounds and everyone can see, I never lost this fight,” said Shevchenko, when speaking to Bloody Elbow.