TORONTO — Over a year has passed since the UFC first created its 125-pound women’s title, and still the belt has yet to be defended. Valentina Shevchenko intends to change that.
Shevchenko captured the vacant flyweight strap on Saturday night at UFC 231 with a dominant decision over Joanna Jedrzejczyk at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The win ended a long and frustrating road to gold for Shevchenko after her expected title challenges against Nicco Montano failed to come together throughout all of 2018. And now the 30-year-old champion plans to make the 125-pound belt one of the more active UFC titles in rotation once the calendar hits 2019.