Valentina Shevchenko opened her second reign Flyweight UFC with one of the most impressive victories and perhaps the closest to a career already worthy of the renowned temple.
Champion Kyrgyz defeated the favored Manon Fiorot (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) at UFC 315 on Saturday evening in her first defense since her recovery with the conclusion of her trilogy with Alexa Grasso.
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Shevchenko opened the fight resembling an untouchable champion, clearly taking the first round and leaving Fiorot with a bloody nose, not to mention a look almost stupid in his eyes. Fiorot's response was impressive. She checked the second round, mainly through clinks, and also held an argument to have an argument for the third round.
A fourth round mainly, it ended with a dramatic development while Shevchenko finished Fiorot with a counter on the right, but the buzzer prevented other damage. Many had the fight even in the fifth, and it seemed that the result was not yet clear because he went to the dashboards.
If the result depended on the time of the melee, Fiorot would have been pretty. Instead, the judges gave it to Shevchenko, who showed that she could still damage eight years after her first fight for the title.
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Dashboards reflected the narrow nature of the last three laps. The Sal d'Amato and Chris Lee judges both gave the third round to Fiorot, then the fourth and fifth rounds in Shevchenko. Guy Girard did almost the opposite, granting the third and fourth to Shevchenko then the fifth in Fiorot (we will take the side of the majority).
Official statistics of the UFC Also gave the slightest victory possible to Shevchenko, who exceeded Fiorot 72-71 and won two disassembly in nine attempts.
As for Shevchenko's next opponent, option A could already be in the building. Natalia Silva It seemed ready for his shot in a unanimous victory over Grasso On the map on Saturday and said that she was already looking forward to her belt.
