{"id":249273,"date":"2017-09-14T09:33:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T16:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=249273"},"modified":"2017-09-14T09:33:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T16:33:52","slug":"valentina-shevchenko-shares-plans-leave-bantamweight-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/valentina-shevchenko\/valentina-shevchenko-shares-plans-leave-bantamweight-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentina Shevchenko shares plans to leave the bantamweight division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, in the main event of UFC 215, Kyrgyzstani striking specialist Valentina Shevchenko <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/amanda-nunes\/valentina-shevchenko-split-decision-rematch-bantamweight-title-ufc-215\/\">came up inches short<\/a> in a back-and-forth battle with women&#8217;s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes, losing a split decision.<\/p>\n<p>While Shevchenko has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/valentina-shevchenko\/valentina-shevchenko-explodes-ufc-215-decision-vows-fight-nunes\/\">repeatedly shared her disappointment<\/a> with this decision, and assured she&#8217;ll fight Nunes again, she recently told Submission Radio that her next fight is likely to be in the UFC&#8217;s new women&#8217;s flyweight division.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"HgIlEu\"><em>\u201cYou know, now I\u2019m thinking to move to 125, and I think more probably my next fight it will be in this division 125,\u201d Shevchenko said (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/9\/14\/16306828\/valentina-shevchenko-believes-her-next-fight-will-be-at-flyweight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Carroll of MMAFighting.com<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"fuQOIF\"><em>\u201cBecause 125 is like much closer weight for me, it\u2019s my real weight category, and even at like 135 I feel comfortable and I feel like 125 I will be able to use all my techniques and all my skills because I will fight with the same-sized opponents as me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uzolKoJnueM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>While flyweight is now looking like the plan for the talented Valentina Shevchenko, she also once again assured there&#8217;s another fight with Nunes in her future.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"sgUdlx\"><em>\u201cOf course I do, because it\u2019s still on my plans to go back and fight against Amanda again,&#8221; she said when asked about future bantamweight fights. \u201cAnd from the next time, not give any chance to make this like this decision that was made a few days ago. And of course it\u2019s on my mind and I still want it. Not right now, not in the near future, but I definitely it will happen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Valentina Shevchenko has gone 3-2 since joining the UFC roster, with both her losses being close decisions opposite Amanda Nunes. In that stretch, she&#8217;s defeated top-flight foes in Sarah Kaufman, Holly Holm and Julianna Pena.<\/p>\n<p>Given that UFC strawweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/joanna-jedrzejczyk\/joanna-jedrzejczyk-attempting-step-fight-valentina-shevchenko1\/\">Joanna Jedrzejczyk<\/a> is also considering a move to flyweight, the division is suddenly looking like it could evolve into an absolute shark tank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 9\/13\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, in the main event of UFC 215, Kyrgyzstani striking specialist Valentina Shevchenko came up inches short in a back-and-forth battle with women&#8217;s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes, losing a split decision. 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