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Valentina Shevchenko shocked by fighters picking against her at Noche UFC: ‘There’s something wrong in the world’

Newly-crowned undisputed flyweight champion, Valentina Shevchenko has claimed she was shocked to learn how many of her fighting peers had picked against her ahead of her Noche UFC title trilogy fight with Alexa Grasso earlier this month.

Shevchenko, a two-time undisputed flyweight champion, returned to the throne earlier this month at the Las Vegas Sphere, turning in a dominant unanimous decision win over Mexican favorite, Grasso in the pair’s trilogy bout in ‘Sin City’.

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Twice featuring against Guadalajara native, Grasso last year, Shevchenko’s dominant flyweight reign was ended in March with a stunning upset neck crank submission loss, before fighting to a split decision draw in last year’s edition of Noche UFC.