Valentina “Bullet” Shevchenko defends her flyweight title this Saturday at UFC 275 against Taila Santos.
Yet, with all due respect to Santos, the focus is not on her, but rather Shevchenko’s next opponent—which will most likely be the winner of the bantamweight title bout in July pitting champ Julianna Peña against Amanda Nunes.
“I’m open to a return to bantamweight against Amanda or Julianna,” says Shevchenko, who has lost twice to Nunes—the first being a unanimous decision in 2016, then the second a split a year later in ’17—but defeated Peña by submission in ’17. “A trilogy with Amanda would be amazing, or a rematch against Julianna would be very interesting.