Valentina Shevchenko

Valentina Shevchenko is the reigning UFC women's flyweight champion. She has dominated the weight class in the promotion and has seven title defenses in the division to her credit besides winning the championship twice. Owing to her dominance, Shevchenko is ranked the No. 1 UFC women's flyweight fighter with a professional MMA record of 24 wins, four losses, and one draw as of May 9, 2025.

Valentina Shevchenko Personal Information

Valentina Shevchenko Early Life and Career

Valentina Shevchenko started her combat sports journey at the age of 5 when she started learning taekwondo. She would later start Muay Thai kickboxing at the age of 12, followed by Vale Tudo. Shevchenko's kickboxing career started at the age of 12 when she defeated a 22-year-old opponent via knockout. Shevchenko would then go on to have a kickboxing record of 57-2 and a professional boxing record of 2-0

Shevchenko made her professional MMA debut at the age of 15 at the Kyrgyz Federation of Kulatuu, which she won via TKO. Valentina would go on a six-fight win streak in the Korean, Russian, and Kyrgyz promotions before taking a hiatus in 2006. After coming back from her hiatus in 2010, Shevchenko suffered a controversial loss before returning to her winning ways and amassing a record of 11-1 before joining the UFC.

Valentina Shevchenko UFC

Shevchenko would make her UFC debut on short notice at UFC On Fox 17 against Sarah Kaufman, who she would defeat via split decision. Shevchenko's first UFC defeat would come in her next fight, where she faced Amanda Nunes at UFC 196 and lost via unanimous decision. She would regain her momentum by defeating Holly Holm and Julianna Pena before getting a rematch and a title shot against Amanda Nunes for the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship. Shevchenko would again lose to Nunes in a close fight via split decision at UFC 215 and would go to the Flyweight division after her loss.

Shevchenko would fight Priscila Cachoeira and defeat her in the second round via rear-naked choke to get a UFC Women's Flyweight Title Shot against Nicco Montano at UFC 228. The bout would be canceled as Montano would face the side effects of weight cutting and would thus be stripped of the title, and Shevchenko would instead face Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the vacant UFC Women's Flyweight Championship at UFC 231. Shevchenko would defeat Jedrzejczyk via a unanimous decision to become the new UFC Women's Flyweight Champion. After her victory, Shevchenko would dominate the flyweight division and defend her title 6 times against the likes of Jessica Eye, Liz Carmouche, Katlyn Chookagian, Jennifer Maia, Jessica Andrade, and Lauren Murphy.

Shevchenko lost her flyweight title to Alexa Grasso at UFC 285 via submission. A rematch took place at UFC Fight Night 227 (UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko) on September 16, 2023. The fight ended in a split draw, with Grasso retaining the title. The pair faced each other in a trilogy title fight at UFC 306 on September 14, 2024. Shevchenko defeated her with a unanimous decision to win the fight and reclaim the UFC women's flyweight championship.

Valentina Shevchenko Record

Valentina Shevchenko has a professional MMA record of 24 wins, four losses, and one draw as of May 9, 2025. She has eight knockout, seven submission, and nine decision victories to her record. Shevchenko has also suffered one loss by knockout, one by submission, and two by decision as of the aforementioned date.

Valentina Shevchenko Social Media

Valentina Shevchenko uses multiple social media accounts to stay in touch with the virtual world. She posts updates of her training and her travels on them. The links to her social media profiles are mentioned below:

• Valentina Shevchenko Instagram
• Valentina Shevchenko X
• Valentina Shevchenko Threads

Valentina Shevchenko MMA Losses

Valentina Shevchenko has lost four professional fights in her career as of May 9, 2025. Here is a look at the rivals who were able to get the best out of the reigning UFC flyweight champion:

Liz Carmouche

Liz Carmouche and Valentina Shevchenko took on each other on September 30, 2012. Shevchenko lost the fight via a second-round TKO (retirement).

Amanda Nunes

Valentina Shevchenko locked horns with Amanda Nunes at UFC 196 on March 5, 2016. Nunes won the fight by a unanimous decision and handed her the second defeat of her career.

Amanda Nunes II

Valentina Shevchenko met Amanda Nunes in a rematch where she challenged her for the UFC women's bantamweight title at UFC 217 on September 9, 2017. Nunes secured a split decision victory after a closely fought contest to win the fight.

Alexa Grasso

Valentina Shevchenko squared off against Alexa Grasso at UFC 285 on March 4, 2023. Grasso won the fight by a third-round submission in a huge upset by defeating Shevchenko and dislodging her as the champion of the women's flyweight division.

Valentina Shevchenko Championships Won

Valentina Shevchenko has won the UFC women's flyweight championship two times and is the reigning titleholder of the weight class as of May 9, 2025. She won the title for the first time at UFC 231 by beating Jedrzejczyk. She dropped her title to Alexa Grasso by losing to her at UFC 285 after making multiple successful title defenses. Shevchenko regained the belt at UFC 306 when she defeated Grasso by a unanimous decision.

Last updated on May 9, 2025