UFC bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes will defend her title tonight in the main event of UFC 289. Former UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko, a former opponent of the champ, spoke with Shakil Mahjouri from CBS Sports Before the battle to get her reaction to recent comments made by the Brazilian mixed martial artist.
Video above.
Valentina Shevchenko reacts to Amanda Nunes who points out that she’s over New Year’s Eve, has holes in her game, and that the trio is dead:
“I think this fight is going to happen,” Shevchenko told CBS Sports. The first step is to get my belt back.
“I can definitely say the same about her fight with Juliana Pena. I feel like she’s trying to insult everyone and take away the respect they deserve. The person she is. She’s not as good a person as she seems.”
Valentina Shevchenko on letting greatness get to her head:
Being the champion for a long time, you get used to it, ”said Shevchenko. “Everybody says you’re the best and you’re the best. You take it even if you don’t want to listen. Your mind takes it. Now it’s back to the roots. Back to how you started. To be as fierce and angry as you were in the beginning. They can study me all day. All year. In fact they won’t take Something like that. Yes, she can repeat a sequence and take a chance, but I won’t give her any chances in our next battle.”
Full timestamps:
0:00 – Teaser
0:09 – introduction
0:45 – Keep 2, Drop 1: Dance, Fight, Shoot
1:37 Grasso vs Shevchenko 2nd schedule
2:52 Grasso finished against Shevchenko
4:00 Goat case
5:25 – Triple Nunes against Shevchenko and disrespect
7:16 – Fast travel
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