Valentina Shevchenko put her women’s flyweight title on the line against Katlyn Chookagian in the co-headliner of tonight’s UFC 247 event.<\/p>\n
Shevchenko (18-3 MMA) had gone a perfect 4-0 since dropping to flyweight entering tonight’s event. She captured the promotions<\/a> 125lbs title at UFC 231 with a unanimous decision victory over Joanna Jedrzejczyk, and had since defended her strap against Jessica Eye (KO<\/a>) and Liz Carmouche (decision).<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Katlyn Chookagian (13-2 MMA) had picked up an impressive unanimous decision victory over Jennifer Maia in her most previous effort at UFC 244 this past November. ‘Blonde Fighter’ entered tonight’s title fight sporting a 6-2 record inside the UFC.<\/p>\n Tonight’s UFC 247 co-headliner proved to be a one sided affair, as \u2018The Golden Bullet\u2019 dominated Chookagian both on their feet and on the ground on route to a third round TKO victory.<\/p>\n Official UFC 247 Result: Valentina Shevchenko def. Katlyn Chookagian via TKO in Round 3<\/p>\n Check out how the pros reacted to Shevchenko defeating Chookagian below:<\/p>\n It\u2019s @blondefighter<\/a> time !!!!!! Let\u2019s go home team<\/p>\n — Eddie Alvarez (@Ealvarezfight) February 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n