UFC, Valentina Shevchenko and Islam Makhachev
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Valentina Shevchenko and Weili Zhang met in one of the biggest women's fights in MMA history at UFC 322. Headlined by another massive title fight featuring Jack Della Maddalena and Islam Makhachev, UFC 322's co-main event saw Zhang move up from the strawweight division to challenge Shevchenko for the women's flyweight belt.
Consuelos shouted out Shevchenko this morning, who still holds the 125-pound flyweight championship title after her UFC 322 win over the weekend. Viewers were reminded of Shevchenko’s Nov. 7 appearance on Live with a clip in which she showed Consuelos some moves in the ring.
The latest accolade came on November 15, as Shevchenko matched the legendary Amanda Nunes for title fight wins on the women’s roster. Nunes, a former bantamweight and featherweight champ, held the record of 11 alone before Shevchenko achieved the same tally by turning away Weili’s attempt at multi-weight supremacy at UFC 322.
On Episode 3,619, the SoCal boys looked back at the big UFC 322 pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden and discussed new welterweight champ Islam Makhachev, Valentina Shevchenko's continued reign and other key results from the card. They also looked into the crystal ball to see what comes next for key fighters. Tune in!
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Shevchenko wrote on social media that Rogan was “a huge expert of martial arts” and “a noble man,” and she elaborated on those comments Wednesday in New York. I see Joe Rogan as huge expert of Martial Arts, noble man, hunter, sportsman, and good example for youth! https://t.co/12C44V5uGL
MMA Junkie has live coverage of UFC 322 with round-by-round analysis of every fight. Islam Makhachev is the latest to join the UFC's two-division champion club. Jack Della Maddalena had no answers for the Dagestani grappling game of Makhachev (28-1 MMA,
Islam Makhachev has defeated Jack Della Maddalena in dominant fashion in front of a sold out Madison Square Garden to win the UFC welterweight championship.