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This past weekend at ‘UFC Fight Night: Denver’, top ranked women’s bantamweight contender Valentina Shevchenko secured herself a title fight with UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes<\/a> as she picked up a spectacular submission win over Julianna Pena.<\/a><\/p>\n

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For Valentina Shevchenko, the win not only put her on a 2-fight win streak, but also resulted in her having the opportunity to avenge her only UFC loss as she will inevitably step into the Octagon with Amanda Nunes again. During a recent appearance on The MMA Hour<\/a>, Shevchenko reflected on the win, and the submission, saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was on the ground and she started to throw punches, they weren\u2019t hard, they weren\u2019t effective because I was covering everything, and she didn\u2019t hit one strong punch or anything like that,\u201d Shevchenko told Ariel Helwani on Monday\u2019s edition of The MMA Hour. \u201cBut when I tried to go for the submission, got her arm and put my belly down, in that moment, I felt like two or three times a click in her arm, like, \u2018crack, crack, crack,\u2019 and then I felt, \u2018this is it, I have this armbar. It\u2019s only a matter of time before she taps.\u2019 But then, she started to protect it, so I just put a little bit of pressure and she tapped at that moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor every fight, I\u2019m not only thinking about one strategy, my coach Pavel [Fedotov] is always thinking about every possible situation that I will possibly be in during the fight,\u201d Shevchenko explained. \u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re training standing, wrestling, jiu-jitsu, everything, but I was pretty sure I would take this fight, I would win this, and I was prepared for striking, submissions, everything. Before the fight, everyone asked me, \u2018Valentina, you\u2019re a striker, how do you feel about your wrestler opponent?,\u2019 and every time I would say, \u2018I\u2019m a martial artist, I\u2019m a complete fighter.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So far no word yet on when Nunes and Shevhcenko will throw down for the title. Stay tuned for updates as they become available.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPenn.com<\/a> on 2\/2\/2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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