Valentina Shevchenko is the new UFC female flyweight champion. After five rounds of overpowering Joanna Jedrzejczyk, ‘Bullet’ picked up an unanimous decision win at UFC 231. On Twitter, pro fighters praised her performance.
@BulletValentina by KO. 2nd round or earlier
— Josh Thomson (@THEREALPUNK) December 9, 2018
Joanna is brave to take this fight
— Randa Markos (@randamma) December 9, 2018
That sick spin back kick doooow!! Great striking by Valentina #ufc231
— Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) December 9, 2018
Shevchenko very conservative with her movements. Sliding just out of the way when Joanna throws. 1-0 #ufc231
— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) December 9, 2018
Joanna needs to switch things up or this fight W will easily run away with Shevchenko.#UFC231
— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) December 9, 2018
Valentina is on another level #ufc231
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) December 9, 2018
Valentina is just to strong and technical
— James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) December 9, 2018
Valentina def has the best spinning back in the game! @joerogan text book and no Telegraph! Love it #UFC231
— Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) December 9, 2018
On top of a fist fight I feel like it’s also a fight to see who can scream loudest each strike. #ufc231
— Scott Holtzman (@HotSauceHoltzy) December 9, 2018
Does anyone else agree that @BulletValentina is the fastest fighter in the UFC. Unreal speed. #UFC231
— Mike Trizano (@TheLoneWolfMMA) December 9, 2018
@BulletValentina is the terminator
— Dan Ige (@Dynamitedan808) December 9, 2018
Valentina has great counter strikes and catches kicks really well #ufc231
— Brian Kelleher (@brianboom135) December 9, 2018
Shevchenko clearly wins but apparently significant strikes were the same. Wouldn’t have thought that. #ufc231
— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) December 9, 2018
Much respect to @joannamma You are a legit warrior @ufc #ufc231
— Alex Chambers (@alexchambersmma) December 9, 2018
Great fight, Shevchenko mixing in the takedowns made it look like she was cruising and that spin kick counter to the legkick was crazy impressive! But now we have to watch that dance again… ::sigh:: #UFC231
— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) December 9, 2018
Man, @BulletValentina is good.
— Ryan Hall (@ryanhall5050) December 9, 2018
We really need to discuss what exactly merits a “significant strike” because the numbers that come up lead me to believe it’s anything other than a jab. #UFC231
— Gerald Meerschaert (@The_Real_GM3) December 9, 2018
Great fight @joannamma vs @BulletValentina both Amaizing warrior!!!
— Krzysztof Jotko (@JotkoMMA) December 9, 2018
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