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UFC flyweight champ Valentina Shevchenko wants a third fight with Amanda Nunes, who holds the promotion’s bantamweight and featherweight belts.<\/p>\n

Shevchenko and Nunes, two of the greatest female fighters of all time, have fought twice previously. Nunes won both of those fights by decision, but both were extremely close\u2014particularly the second.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Hablemos MMA<\/a> this week, Shevchenko shared her belief that she deserved the judges’ decision in that second fight with Nunes, and called for a trilogy fight with her long-time rival.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it would be logical,\u201d Shevchenko said (via MMA Junkie<\/a>). “She\u2019s been going through her opponents very easily, and I think that for the future, it would be logical to have a third fight because the second fight \u2026 I didn\u2019t lose it. I won it.”<\/p>\n

Today, Nunes and Shevchenko are two of the most dominant champions in MMA, and it’s difficult to picture either woman being defeated. At this stage, at third fight between them is arguably the biggest fight possible in women’s MMA.<\/p>\n

Shevchenko certainly feels the bout would be a big one, and believes she’d have a real chance of overthrowing the bantamweight champ, even if the fight reaches the judges’ scorecards.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis fight right now, as champion vs. champion, I think the judges will have a different outlook towards the fight,\u201d Shevchenko said. \u201cThree years ago in 2017 when we had our fight, they thought that just that one thing gave her the victory, and that was the takedown she got in the fifth round. She didn\u2019t even start it \u2013 it was me who initiated. But since it was the final round, we were both slippery. She\u2019s heavier, so I ended on bottom when I was supposed to land on top.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the only thing that gave her a small advantage in the eyes of the judges that night. But that\u2019s how it went down, and I think it would be very logical to have that third fight between us.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Shevchenko is eager to fight Nunes again, however, she says that her current focus is on defending her flyweight title, starting with her UFC 255 fight with Jennifer Maia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, I don\u2019t know (when I\u2019d like to fight Nunes) and I haven\u2019t thought about it because right now I\u2019m focused on my weight class \u2013 125 pounds,\u201d Shevchenko said. \u201cAll I have in mind these days is being dominant and retain my belt again and again, and that\u2019s what I think of when I put thought in my near future. I think if this fight goes down in the future, I would definitely like to have the fans around me and the public back and not in an empty arena.\u201d<\/p>\n

Does a potential trilogy fight between Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko interest you? Who do you think would win?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UFC flyweight champ Valentina Shevchenko wants a third fight with Amanda Nunes, who holds the promotion’s bantamweight and featherweight belts. Shevchenko and Nunes, two of the greatest female fighters of all time, have fought twice previously. Nunes won both of those fights by decision, but both were extremely close\u2014particularly the second. 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