Valentina Shevchenko put her flyweight title on line for the very first time against Jessica Eye this evening in Chicago at UFC 238.<\/p>\n
The women\u2019s flyweight fight served as the co-main event of the evening.<\/p>\n
Valentina Shevchenko captured the promotions vacant flyweight title at December\u2019s UFC 231 event in Toronto, this after she scored a unanimous decision victory over former strawweight queen Joanna Jedrzejczyk.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Bullet\u2019 had gone 5-2 under the UFC<\/a> banner headed into tonight\u2019s UFC 238 co-headliner. Shevchenko\u2019s only losses in that time have come via split-decision to reigning women\u2019s \u2018champ champ<\/a>\u2019 Amanda Nunes.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Jessica Eye entered tonight\u2019s UFC 238 title bout on a three fight win streak, her latest being a split-decision win over Katlyn Chookagian.<\/p>\n Tonight\u2019s UFC 238 co-main event was a lopsided beat down which saw Valentina Shevchenko nearly submit Jessica Eye at the end of Round one.<\/p>\n After only landing one significant strike in the opening round, things just got worse for Eye in round two.<\/p>\n Valentina was able to land a brutal head kick which sent Eye crashing to the canvas and signified the end of tonight\u2019s UFC 238 co-main event.<\/p>\n Check out how the pros reacted to Valentina Shevchenko destroying Jessica Eye at UFC 238 below:<\/p>\n That was hands down the best knock out I\u2019ve seen in women\u2019s mma history oh my white god @BulletValentina<\/a><\/p>\n — Luis Antonio Pena (@violentbobross) June 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n