LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 25: (L-R) Dana White places the championship belt on Valentina Shevchenko of Kyrgyzstan after her UFC flyweight championship fight during the UFC 266 event on September 25, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
Valentina Shevchenko is now considered the consensus baddest woman in the UFC, according to the promotion’s official rankings.
“The Bullet” assumed the women’s pound-for-pound top rankings after previous No. 1 Amanda Nunes lost her bantamweight title to Julianna Pena at UFC 269 on Saturday.
Shevchenko is the UFC flyweight champion, where she has amassed six consecutive title defenses and seven straight title wins since defeating former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the belt in December 2018.