Former women’s bantamweight bruiser, Liz Carmouche, already has a UFC win at 125 pounds. More importantly, she also holds a victory over women’s flyweight title contender, Valentina Shevchenko, thanks to …read more
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Longtime UFC bantamweight competitor Liz Carmouche believes she deserved a crack at Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 231. Carmouche is the only woman to have ever finished Shevchenko in her mixed …read more
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SAN DIEGO — Liz Carmouche has a solid rationale on why she, and not Joanna Jedrzejczyk or Nicco Montaño or Sijara Eubanks or anyone else, deserved the fight with Valentina …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
Joanna Jedrzejczyk explains why taking a flyweight title fight early wasn’t going to work. Jedrzejczyk is set to take on Valentina Shevchenko for the vacant Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s …read more
Source:: MMANews
In the craziness that was finding UFC 230’s main event, fighters were moved around and shifted thus leaving some without fights.
One of those fighters being Jessica “Evil” Eye (13-6) who …read more
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Sijara Eubanks still has a chance to create a Madison Square Garden moment.
A day after it was announced that Eubanks would not be facing Valentina Shevchenko in a previously reported …read more
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Officials have re-shuffled the deck after inking a deal for heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier to put his belt on the line against Derrick Lewis.
That means not only will Cormier vs. …read more
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Sijara Eubanks rips the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) over losing her shot at the women’s flyweight gold. Eubanks vs. Valentina Shevchenko was set to headline UFC 230 inside Madison Square …read more
Source:: MMANews
Sijara Eubanks, regardless of whether or not she “deserved” the UFC 230 main event against Valentina Shevchenko, has a right to be angry. After all, “Sarj” signed a contract to …read more
Source:: MMAMania
Sijara Eubanks slammed UFC president Dana White and matchmaker Mick Maynard on Twitter after her title fight against Valentina Shevchenko was scrapped. Sijara Eubanks is no longer fighting for the …read more
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Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk is back on for UFC 231 now that Daniel Cormier vs. Derrick Lewis is headlining UFC 230, according to Dana White. Valentina Shevchenko has had …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
It’s pretty safe to say that today the No. 4 ranked flyweight contender and Ultimate Fighter season 26 finalist Sijara Eubanks didn’t get the news that she was expecting.
That news, …read more
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Valentina Shevchenko and Joanna Jedrzejcyzk are back where they started, and Sijara Eubanks has been left out in the cold.
Following the news that the UFC 230 main event will now …read more
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With UFC 230’s headliner now set, the promotion is reshuffling the deck – and removing a controversial backup fight.
Valentina Shevchenko (15-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) …read more
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk will not miss out on her shot at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s flyweight title after all. Many fans and experts were puzzled when UFC president Dana …read more
Source:: MMANews
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) asked mixed martial arts (MMA) fans to be content with a flyweight main event between Valentina Shevchenko and the unheralded Sijara Eubanks, a rather unusual (and …read more
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The shiftings surrounding UFC 230 seem to be settling down. After one canceled flyweight title bout, it has led to another.
Originally, the currently vacant flyweight title was to be fought …read more
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From the sounds of it, UFC 230 will be headlined by a women’s flyweight title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Sijara Eubanks. That being said, it also sounds like the …read more
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The announcement that Valentina Shevchenko and Sijara Eubanks would headline UFC 230 came as a surprise to the MMA community, especially considering some of the other available options. …read more
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It’s been a wild ride, and now in the wake of UFC 230’s main event announcement, the MMA world has been very, very upset to say the least.
That’s not to …read more
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk reacts to the UFC’s decision to move Valentina Shevchenko to the UFC 230 main event, leaving her without an opponent. The UFC badly needed a main event at …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s strawweight champion, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, wanted a full and complete fight camp before trying to overthrow former bantamweight title contender, Valentina Shevchenko.
I can’t say I …read more
Source:: MMAMania
Joanna Jedrzejczyk found out about the UFC 230 main event between Valentina Shevchenko and Sijara Eubanks the same way as everyone else: Through the work of reporters.
Unlike everyone else reading …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
Former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk was expected to fight Valentina Shevchenko for the vacant women’s flyweight title at UFC 231 this December 8 in Toronto. Unfortunately for her, this …read more
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Just a couple days ago, Joanna Jedrzejczyk was booked to face Valentina Shevchenko for the vacant women’s flyweight title at UFC 231 on Dec. 8. …read more
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Desperate times call for desperate measures and UFC was forced to cobble together a flyweight title fight for the vacant 125-pound strap, featuring Valentina Shevchenko vs. Sijara Eubanks in the …read more
Source:: MMAMania
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White has some explaining to do after booking Valentina Shevchenko vs. Sijara Eubanks flyweight title fight for the UFC 230 pay-per-view (PPV) main event, …read more
Source:: MMAMania
Yesterday afternoon, news surfaced that Valentina Shevchenko and Sijara Eubanks are likely to battle for the vacant UFC women’s flyweight title in the main event of UFC 230 on November …read more
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Former UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk was expected to square off with Valentina Shevchenko for the promotions vacant flyweight title at UFC 231 this December in Toronto.
That all changed …read more
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk was supposed to fight Valentina Shevchenko for the women’s flyweight title at UFC 231 in Toronto. The fight was signed and announced, but earlier today that all changed. …read more
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Many in the MMA community were surprised – and angered – today when it was revealed Valentina Shevchenko vs. Sijara Eubanks for the vacant women’s flyweight title had been booked …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
UFC 230 finally has a main event as a new women’s flyweight champion will be crowned when Valentina Shevchenko faces Sijara Eubanks on Nov. 3 at Madison Square Garden in …read more
Source:: MMAWeekly
The UFC has booked a 125-pound women’s title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Sijara Eubanks to headline its UFC 230 pay-per-view event on Nov. 3 in Madison Square Garden, according …read more
Source:: ESPN
The UFC 230 main event between Valentina Shevchenko vs. Sijara Eubanks has been met with negative reaction, including from UFC analyst Joe Rogan. After weeks of searching for a main …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
UFC 230 has its main event, but at the cost of another marquee fight.
MMA Fighting’s Marc Raimondi confirmed with sources that Valentina Shevchenko has been moved from a previously announced …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
With less than a month to go before its next visit to Madison Square Garden, the Ultimate Fighting Championship was still scrambling for a signature fight to headline the marquee …read more
Source:: Sherdog
At long last, the UFC’s return to Madison Square Garden finally has its main event.
Valentina Shevchenko (15-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) will take on Sijara Eubanks (3-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) for …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
UFC 230, which goes down on November 3 in New York City, could finally have a main event, per ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. According to Okamoto’s report, Valentina Shevchenko is likely …read more
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The UFC is apparently going to scrap Valentina Shevchenko vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk in order to get UFC 230 its main event. UFC 230 at Madison Square Garden is only a …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
Valentina Shevchenko isn’t done dishing out harsh words for former UFC women’s flyweight champion Nicco Montano.
Shevchenko (15-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) was supposed to challenge Montano (4-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) for …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
At UFC 231 in Toronto on December 8, the women’s flyweight title will be on the line. However, there will be no champion defending it, as former champion Nicco Montano …read more
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Valentina Shevchenko has beaten Joanna Jedrzejczyk multiple times before in striking-only bouts. She anticipates the same result when the pair meet for the vacant …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
Stream or download Monday’s episode of MMAjunkie Radio with guests Valentina Shevchenko and Fernanda Prates.
UFC women’s flyweight Shevchenko is set to face Joanna Jedrzejczyk on Dec. 8 at UFC 231. …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
MMAjunkie Radio kicks off today at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) with guest Valentina Shevchenko.
With former UFC women’s flyweight champion Nicco Montano stripped of her title, Shevchenko now faces …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
With the vacant flyweight title bout between Valentina Shevchenko and Joanna Jedrzejczyk now official for UFC 231, UFC 230’s headliner options have gotten even more limited.
Despite it’s inching closer and …read more
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Former strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk will move up in weight and fight Valentina Shevchenko for the vacant flyweight title at UFC 231 on Dec. 8 in Toronto, the promotion announced …read more
Source:: ESPN
Valentina Shevchenko and Joanna Jedrzejczyk will do battle for the vacant UFC women’s flyweight title at UFC 231 in Toronto.
UFC officials announced the fight on Thursday night.
What a fight …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
Joanna Jedrzejczyk will make her long awaited move to 125 pounds when she faces Valentina Shevchenko to crown a new women’s flyweight champion at UFC 231 in Toronto on Dec. …read more
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UFC 231 now is headlined by two title fights.
The promotion today announced a women’s flyweight title fight between champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk (14-2 MMA, 9-2 …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
Dana White confirmed today on Sportscentre that there will be a new flyweight champion crowned at UFC 231 when Joanna Jedrzejczyk does battle with Valentina Shevchenko in Toronto, Canada. The …read more
Source:: MMANews
It’s sounding more and more likely that former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk will move up to the flyweight division to battle Valentina Shevchenko for the division’s vacant title.
Speaking on …read more
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk tells women’s flyweights to avoid being jealous. Jedrzejczyk recently expressed interest in an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s flyweight title bout against Valentina Shevchenko. The gold was vacated …read more
Source:: MMANews
Joanna Jedrzejczyk responds to Ariel Helwani’s revelation that the UFC’s female flyweights aren’t happy about the possibility of her being matched up with Valentina Shevchenko to fight for the vacant …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
When Nicco Montano was stripped of her Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Flyweight title after she was physically unable to defend it against Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 228 a few weeks …read more
Source:: MMAMania
The Ultimate Fighting Championship hasn’t announced who Valentina Shevchenko will face for the vacant women’s strawweight crown, but there’s a pretty decent chance her opponent could be former muay Thai …read more
Source:: Sherdog
Again, Valentina Shevchenko will have to wait at getting her shot a UFC title. Originally, Shevchenko was set to challenge Nicco Montano for the UFC women’s flyweight title in the …read more
Source:: MMANews
Earlier this month, Nicco Montano was supposed to defend her UFC strawweight title against Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 228. But when Montano began suffering kidney issues due to her weight …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
The nascent women’s flyweight division took a big hit last weekend with the cancellation of a UFC 228 title bout between champion Nicco Montano and Valentina Shevchenko and it could …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
UFC 228, which went down last weekend in Dallas, Texas, was initially expected to be co-headlined by a women’s flyweight title fight between champion Nicco Montaño and challenger Valentina Shevchenko. …read more
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Valentina Shevchenko told anyone who would listen last week that she still did not believe Nicco Montaño would show up to fight her at UFC 228.
As it turns out, Shevchenko …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
Inaugural UFC women’s flyweight champion Nicco Montano was supposed to defend her title against Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 228 earlier this month. Regrettably, she was hospitalized while undertaking her weight …read more
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk expresses interest in going toe-to-toe with Valentina Shevchenko. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s flyweight title picture is in limbo. Shevchenko was set to challenge Nicco Montano for …read more
Source:: MMANews
MOSCOW – Former UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk indicated she’s got some business issues to work through before she agrees to a flyweight title fight.
Assuming those are resolved, Jedrzejczyk …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
The theory making the rounds on the MMA internet goes something like this: Former UFC women’s flyweight champion Nicco Montano was so terrified of fighting Valentina Shevchenko that she accepted …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
This past weekend was not a pleasant one for Valentina Shevchenko. She was scheduled to co-main event the UFC 228 pay-per-view (PPV) from Dallas, Texas. Shevchenko was to challenge Nicco …read more
Source:: MMANews
It has quickly become quite the ‘Big drama show!’ when it comes to the women’s 125-pound weight class in the UFC. And now we’re left wondering what’s next.
On weigh-in day …read more
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You’ve heard plenty from Valentina Shevchenko surrounding the drama of the cancellation of her Flyweight title fight against former champion Nicco Montano at last Saturday night (Sept. 8, 2018) …read more
Source:: MMAMania
After Nicco Montano was pulled from the UFC 228 co-main event, Valentina Shevchenko was quick to offer her thoughts on the matter and she did not pull any punches as …read more
Source:: MMANews
Nicco Montano was unceremoniously stripped of her Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Flyweight title after she was unable to defend her strap for the first time against Valentina Shevchenko last Saturday …read more
Source:: MMAMania
There’s nothing funny about what happened to the women’s flyweight championship fight at UFC 228, but Valentina Shevchenko is finding something to laugh about in the aftermath of what was …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
Shevchenko shares her thoughts on the UFC 228 debacle and her shot at the now-vacant flyweight belt. Valentina Shevchenko’s dreams of becoming a champion at UFC 228 in Dallas this …read more
Source:: MMAMania
When Nicco Montano was hospitalized ahead of her planned UFC 228 title fight with Valentina Shevchenko, the UFC began a frantic and ultimately unsuccessful search for a replacement opponent. While …read more
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Andrade didn’t hesitate to offer her services after Nicco Montano vs. Valentina Shevchenko was struck from the Dallas card. Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jessica Andrade? After UFC 228, that sounds mighty …read more
Source:: MMAMania
Nicco Montano has released a lengthy statement via Instagram to respond to the stripping of her flyweight championship and the lashing she took from would-be opponent Valentina Shevchenko for being …read more
Source:: MMANews
The Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Hour returns to discuss what’s happening in the world of mixed martial arts and speak to a few guests. The following is a rundown of …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
The former women’s flyweight champ has some harsh words for Valentina Shevchenko and the UFC. Nicco Montano’s UFC 228 title defense turned into a big dumpster fire on Friday afternoon …read more
Source:: MMAMania
Nicco Montano has broken her silence after being stripped of the UFC women’s flyweight title Friday.
Montano (4-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) was hospitalized Friday prior to being scheduled to weigh in …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
The last two days have gone exactly the opposite of how Nicco Montano had planned that they would. And unfortunately, it was all out of her control.
After failing to make …read more
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Valentina Shevchenko was left without a fight at UFC 228 after Nicco Montano was transported to the hospital because of difficulties with her weight cut. The UFC later …read more
Source:: MMAWeekly
It’s been a chaotic day atop the UFC women’s flyweight division. And now that everything has been resolved, it’s onto what happens next.
After the inaugural champion Nicco Montano’s hospitalization due …read more
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DALLAS – Valentina Shevchenko has had enough of Nicco Montano following the former champion’s withdrawal from UFC 228.
Montano (4-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) was hospitalized prior to today’s UFC 228 official …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
Nicco Montano is no longer a UFC champion.
Following a tumultuous morning where the New Mexico native was pulled from her UFC 228 fight against Valentina Shevchenko after suffering through a …read more
Source:: MMAWeekly
Here’s the new bout order for UFC 228 after Nicco Montano vs. Valentina Shevchenko was nixed. The UFC 228 co-main event between the now-former women’s flyweight champion Nicco Montano and …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
It looks like Nicco Montano lost more than just a payday after being removed from her title fight with Valentina Shevchenko tomorrow night (Sat., Sept. 8, 2018) at UFC 228 …read more
Source:: MMAMania
Nicco Montano has been stripped of her flyweight championship after being pulled from the UFC 228 co-main event against Valentina Shevchenko. Aaron Bronsteter of TSN Sports broke the news moments …read more
Source:: MMANews
DALLAS — Valentina Shevchenko discusses the co-main event being removed from UFC 228, how she found out, why she thinks Nicco Montano won’t face her and much more. …read more
Source:: MMAFighting
Nicco Montano, who was scheduled to defend her UFC flyweight title against Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 228, has been stripped of her title and will not fight Saturday after she …read more
Source:: ESPN
Even before Nicco Montano was ruled out of her title fight with Valentina Shevchenko, you weren’t giving her much of a chance.
UFC women’s flyweight champ Montano (4-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
Nicco Montano’s reign as the inaugural UFC women’s flyweight champion has come to an end.
UFC President Dana White today told TSN that the flyweight championship is now vacant, and No. …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
Drama at the weigh-ins for UFC 228 was guaranteed as we waited for Darren Till and Tyron Woodley to hit the scale. Surprisingly, the drama had nothing to do with …read more
Source:: BJPenn.com
UFC 228’s women’s flyweight title fight is off, and challenger Valentina Shevchenko is not happy about it. Valentina Shevchenko is not happy she won’t have a chance to win UFC …read more
Source:: BloodyElbow
Valentina Shevchenko recently said she wouldn’t count on fighting UFC women’s flyweight champ Nicco Montano until she stood across from her in the octagon.
When Montano (4-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) was …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
UFC 228 has undergone a few changes on Friday following the cancellation of the women’s flyweight title fight between champion Nicco Montano and challenger Valentina Shevchenko.
The new co-main event for …read more
Source:: MMAWeekly
Initially, UFC women’s flyweight champion Nicco Montano was expected to attempt her first title defense opposite Valentina Shevchenko in the co-main event of UFC 228 tomorrow night in Dallas. Regrettably, …read more
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Women still share the pay-per-view spotlight following the cancellation of a women’s flyweight title fight between champ Nicco Montano and Valentina Shevchenko at UFC …read more
Source:: MMAJunkie
If things had gone according to plan, UFC women’s flyweight champion Nicco Montano would have attempted her first title defense opposite Valentina Shevchenko in the co-main event of UFC 228 …read more
Source:: BJPenn.com
This morning (Fri. September 7, 2018) it was announced that UFC flyweight champion Nicco Montano was hospitalized while cutting weight. Her scheduled defense against Valentina Shevchenko tomorrow night in Dallas, …read more
Source:: MMANews
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UFC flyweight contender Valentina Shevchenko easily made championship weight on Friday, but champion Nicco Montano didn’t make it to the scale. She was transported to the hospital as …read more
Source:: MMAWeekly
UFC 228 lost a championship fight today when women’s flyweight champ Nicco Montano was hospitalized, forcing the cancelation of her planned title defense against Valentina Shevchenko.
Montano (4-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) …read more
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DALLAS – The UFC 228 weigh-ins drama was supposed to be about the main event, but instead we got a curveball.
Women’s flyweight champion Nicco …read more
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