According to current betting odds, Valentina Shevchenko (15-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) has approximately a 92 percent chance of downing Nicco Montano (4-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) at UFC 228. Of course, the odds against Montano winning “The Ultimate Fighter 26” – and with it, the UFC’s inaugural women’s flyweight title – weren’t much better. Yet Montano beat Lauren Murphy, Montana De La Rosa, Barb Honchak and Roxanne Modafferi in successive fashion to claim the belt. Now she’ll look to defend it for the first time against a woman many already see as the uncrowned champion of the division in Shevchenko at next week’s UFC 228 event at American Airlines Center in Dallas
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