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She DID win a belt in her actual weight class. Bantamweight was never her proper weight class.At least the rest could win the belt in their actual weight class.
She DID win a belt in her actual weight class. Bantamweight was never her proper weight class.At least the rest could win the belt in their actual weight class.
Valentina and Nunes to a slightly lesser degree is cursed by the weaknesses of their divisions. While they themselves are obviously good its hard to understand in context exactly how good. Its kind of the DJ Dilemma. Of all the best women fighters in the world, half are in strawweight. Just look at how andrade got her title shot, moves to 125 and immediately blitzes another title contender even faster than Valentina did.
Valentina is probably better than andrade, but i dont think the difference is as much as she is used to. If Zhang Weili can clean out strawweight the way the way Valentina or Amanda is cleaning out their own divisions I think people are going to start to say Weili is the greatest. Even if Weili loses in a head to head vs Valentina, it could just be due to size.
If you believe in MMA math, Nunes beats Valentina twice (it could just be Nunes is bigger) , Valentina beats Joanna (Size difference again) , Weili barely beats Joanna (same size), Rose just scrapes by Joanna in their second find like Weili (same size again). The answer seems to be that all the top women are skill wise pretty close and size often becomes the deciding factor.
I’m more happy of his power over youAlhamdullilah..
Didn't know I had that power over you.
ALHAMDULLILAHI’m more happy of his power over you
well saidI highly doubt Val feels threatened by any of the competitors out there save Nunez, and I wouldn’t even classify that as threatened, moreover pure animosity. She has the skills to beat anyone that she fights and isn’t shy to say so, you just don’t reach her level of success without having ludicrous levels of belief in yourself and your abilities. The one thing Shev lacks in her arsenal is the ability to be truly modest and show a sense of humility, but I’d take confidence that borders arrogance in a fighter over humbleness every time.
the belt fell off, what a goof!
The way she reacts to every fighter out there indicates that Shev is very short tempered and gets easily triggered.
She didn't get finished and many agree she won closer comparison would be max vs volk 2Shevchenko is insanely salty that she lost twice to the woman who is ubiquitously considered the greatest to ever partake in the sport. It will own her bitter soul forever. Kinda like Conor with Khabib or Frazier with Ali.
So should Valentina look into moving to starwweight in order to face all the legit fighters that are in that division? How hard would the weight cut be for her? I'd love to see her do it if it's feasible.
They all beat her by KTFO. Can't wait for her to lose. Getting too cocky.
She didn't get finished and many agree she won closer comparison would be max vs volk 2