{"id":454999,"date":"2022-08-05T13:16:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T20:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=454999"},"modified":"2022-08-05T13:16:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T20:16:14","slug":"henry-cejudo-explains-why-he-would-pick-valentina-shevchenko-to-win-potential-trilogy-fight-with-amanda-nunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/henry-cejudo-explains-why-he-would-pick-valentina-shevchenko-to-win-potential-trilogy-fight-with-amanda-nunes\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Cejudo explains why he would pick Valentina Shevchenko to win potential trilogy fight with Amanda Nunes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Henry Cejudo believes Valentina Shevchenko will defeat Amanda Nunes if they have a trilogy match.<\/p>\n

Nunes and Shevchenko met back at UFC 196 with the Brazilian winning a decision, in just a three-round fight. After Nunes became the champ, they had their rematch at UFC 215 for the belt and once again Nunes won the fight, but this time it was by split decision.<\/p>\n

Although Nunes is up 2-0 in the series<\/a>, if they have the trilogy, Cejudo says he will be picking Shevchenko to win.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the third fight, I\u2019m actually going to go Valentina Shevchenko,\u201d Cejudo said on\u00a0\u201cThe Triple C & Schmo Show\u201d<\/a> (h\/t MMAJunkie<\/a>). \u201c(I pick her) just for the simple fact that Valentina has gotten a lot better and she\u2019s the younger fighter, I believe, and she\u2019s a smaller fighter. Going up is actually better than coming down because if you\u2019re struggling to make 135 pounds, going up she\u2019s going to feel really good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why Henry Cejudo thinks Valentina Shevchenko wins is due to the fact he doesn’t think Amanda Nunes is taking fighting as seriously. He believes with Nunes having a kid that takes time away from the gym while Shevchenko is only focused on fighting which is why she will win the trilogy.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing Valentina, she\u2019s all about fighting,\u201d Cejudo said about Shevchenko-Nunes. \u201cShe\u2019s on a quest to do some amazing things. I don\u2019t think she\u2019s married or in a relationship. She\u2019s literally married to the game, and that also makes somebody extremely dangerous. Amanda now has a kid, a wife, and I\u2019m not saying that stuff holds you down \u2013 but time is given. Especially me now as a father, it\u2019s like recovery time, or I\u2019ve got to get home, X, Y and Z. \u00a0I think this is the time to make (the trilogy) because they\u2019re both kind of getting up there in age, too. So if they\u2019re going to make it, I say they make it within the next six months and let the people know who is the pound-for-pound queen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you agree with Henry Cejudo that Valentina Shevchenko will beat Amanda Nunes in the trilogy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Henry Cejudo believes Valentina Shevchenko will defeat Amanda Nunes if they have a trilogy match. Nunes and Shevchenko met back at UFC 196 with the Brazilian winning a decision, in just a three-round fight. 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