Last night, in the co-main event of the UFC’s anticipated stop in Belem, Brazil, former UFC women’s bantamweight title challenger Valentina Shevchenko made her debut in the new UFC women’s flyweight division opposite Brazil’s Priscila Cachoeira.
The fight was a downright mugging. From the opening bell, Shevchenko was an absolute predator, feasting on her opponent en route to a lopsided, second-round submission victory.
While Shevchenko couldn’t have been more impressive in this flyweight debut, her win wasn’t all positive. Unfortunately, many members of the MMA community lashed out at referee Mario Yamasaki, who probably should have halted the action sooner, and protected a few million of Cachoeira’s braincells.
Here are some of the best reaction’s to Valentina Shevchenko’s destruction of Priscila Cachoeira.
Stop that fight PLEASE
— GILBERT BURNS (@GilbertDurinho) February 4, 2018
F🤬🤬🤬 Mario Yamasaki STOPTHE FIGHT 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ #UFCBelem
— GILBERT BURNS (@GilbertDurinho) February 4, 2018
@BulletValentina is such a savage. #UFCBelem
— éS (@EricSpicely) February 4, 2018
Damn Valentina 😳!!!
— U R I A H H A L L (@UriahHallMMA) February 4, 2018
Just end it. #UFCBelem pic.twitter.com/nAPm6iKOpB
— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) February 4, 2018
Stop this fight no point in this
— James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) February 4, 2018
Jesus Mario, could you wait any longer? #ufcbelem
— Jared Gordon (@JFlashGordonMMA) February 4, 2018
OMG Yamasaki WTF are you doing !!!!!
— patrick cote (@patrick_cote) February 4, 2018
This is no where near competitive. It’s like a bear mauling a kitten.
— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) February 4, 2018
Not gonna stop the fight?! Really?! 🤦🏻♂️
— Kenny Florian (@kennyflorian) February 4, 2018
Finally. That was bowling shoe ugly. #UFCBelem
— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) February 4, 2018
Yamasaki is the worst referee ever!
— GILBERT BURNS (@GilbertDurinho) February 4, 2018
Man come on @cabmma @ufc @ufc_brasil Please no more Yamasaki what a bad, referee, and a human being come on bro 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ guy is a shame!! Concussion for free to that girl 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ #UFCBelem
— GILBERT BURNS (@GilbertDurinho) February 4, 2018
What a savage!! @BulletValentina 🙏🙌 What a performance 🤤
— #OnAmission4Gold (@KelvinGastelum) February 4, 2018
That fight was ten minutes too long….although it was only 9:25 🤦🏽♂️
— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) February 4, 2018
My recap of the “Bullet” fight. #UFCBelem pic.twitter.com/3vCW90aaKi
— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) February 4, 2018
Who else forgot there was already a 125lb champ? #UFCBelem
— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) February 4, 2018
Give this woman the title…. not a shot at the title, just give it to her before she kills somebody for it… #scary https://t.co/YFuWe8RJMT
— Corey Anderson UFC (@CoreyA_MMA) February 4, 2018
Corners in @ufc should start throw the towel in mma just like in boxing when referes like Yamasaki it’s in change of stoppages #UFCBelem
— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) February 4, 2018
What did you think of Valentina Shevchenko’s beatdown of Priscila Cachoeira?
This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 2/4/2018.