UFC champion in the weight category up to 56.7 kg Valentina Shevchenko before the seventh defense of the title, she answered the question of on the level of her opponents.
At the moment, of the six rivals of Shevchenko, who has 22 wins and 3 losses, only two girls have managed to reach the judges’ decision.
– When Conor McGregor They said that instead of Jose Aldo, Chad Mendes would fight him, he replied, “They’re all the same.” It is known that Khabib, when his opponents started changing before the title fight, lay down and said he would fight anyone who made weight. Don’t you have the same feeling right now, like the people you’re fighting aren’t that different in level?
– I have no such opinion, I believe that each of my opponents requires an individual approach, since there are no identical fighters and the same fight. Everyone is different, everyone has a different character, everyone has to prepare differently.
– Don’t you think you are missing a rival from the antipodes, what Conor has become for Khabib and increased the popularity of both?
– So I now challenge Conor to a fight? Alas, all the girls who tried to behave provocatively, they simply did not reach me. They broke somewhere at the beginning of their audacity. There were those who behaved quite aggressively, but sports and martial arts are such that someone gets hurt due to negligence, someone loses … I think not all should be compared the fighters with Conor McGregor, because everyone has their own personality. And being brilliant doesn’t necessarily mean behaving according to a model. You can look brilliant in completely different styles. Now the same Alex Volkanovski, Israel Adesanya, Kamaru Usman (UFC champions in different weight classes) are the brightest fighters who look brilliant inside and outside the octagon, Shevchenko said at MatchTV.
Valentina Shevchenko, who represents Kyrgyzstan at the UFC, will have her next fight June 11 in Singapore at UFC 275 against Brazilian Tayla Santos.
Source : MatchTV
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