Filed under: News , UFC Not too long ago, Valentina Shevchenko ’s climb up the UFC women’s bantamweight ladder hit a snag. Julianna Pena didn’t want to face her at this past November’s UFC 205, arguing she’d already gotten the green light to fight champ Amanda Nunes. Pena (8-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) and her team made it clear Shevchenko (13-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) was trying to cut the line after beating ex-champ Holly Holm and hadn’t earned the right to face her. “Either let me fight Ronda (Rousey), or let me fight for the title,” Pena then said. “Or she fights for the title and then has to fight me. I’m the real champ anyway, so why don’t they fight it out and come see me when they’re done?” That all changed when Rousey’s return was confirmed and Nunes accepted the fight for this past month’s UFC 207.
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