It has been nearly two months, but Valentina Shevchenko’s elbows are still not the same.
The UFC women’s flyweight star put a hearty beatdown on Priscila Cachoeira en route to a second-round TKO finish at UFC Belem on Feb. 3. For nearly two rounds, Shevchenko peppered Cachoeira with ground-and-pound until referee Mario Yamasaki finally — many would say tardily — called the fight off at 4:25 of the second.
In an Instagram video Friday, Shevchenko said she finished her training and was wondering why her elbow was hurting her. She said she couldn’t believe that her right elbow was still injured from that last fight.