TORONTO – Given the UFC’s inaugural women’s flyweight title spent a year without getting defended, new champion Valentina Shevchenko wants to flip the script quickly. Shevchenko (16-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) on Saturday night outworked Joanna Jedrzejczyk (14-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) over 25 minutes to win the vacant 125-pound title in the UFC 231 co-main event at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass. Shevchenko took a title that the UFC stripped from inaugural champion Nicco Montano , who won the belt a little more than a year ago. Montano was supposed to fight Shevchenko in September, but had to be hospitalized during her weight cut and was stripped after that. The UFC then booked the Shevchenko-Jedrzejczyk fight for the vacant belt.
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Valentina Shevchenko plans to stay busy as UFC champion: ‘I want action’ – MMA Junkie