Valentina Shevchenko

Overview

Fifteen UFC wins, six finishes, and not one of them came in the first round.

Valentina Shevchenko, "Bullet," is the Women's Flyweight champion. Her UFC record is 15-3-1, and her longest win streak is nine fights. She carries a three-fight win streak into her next fight. Her professional record across all promotions is 26-4-1, but the UFC numbers are the ones that matter here.

The name says speed. The data says patience. Nine of her 15 UFC wins went to the scorecards.

UFC Career

She debuted at UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 in December 2015 with a split decision over Sarah Kaufman. Three months later came the first loss, a unanimous decision to Amanda Nunes at UFC 196.

Then she headlined back-to-back FOX cards: a five-round unanimous decision over Holly Holm in July 2016, then a second-round submission of Julianna Pena in January 2017. Our model rates Pena a strong opponent. The rematch with Nunes at UFC 215 went five rounds and ended in a split decision loss, her second defeat to the same fighter.

What followed was the run that defines her career: nine straight wins from February 2018 to June 2022. It opened with a second-round submission of Priscila Cachoeira, then a five-round decision over Joanna Jedrzejczyk. A 26-second second-round TKO of Jessica Eye and a decision over Liz Carmouche followed. Stoppages of Katlyn Cerminara, Jessica Andrade and Lauren Murphy ran through 2020 and 2021, with a decision over Jennifer Maia between them. The streak closed with a split decision over Taila Santos at UFC 275.

Then Alexa Grasso. A fourth-round submission loss at UFC 285 in March 2023 was her only submission defeat. The rematch six months later, a main event, ended in a split-decision draw. In September 2024 she beat Grasso by unanimous decision over five rounds.

Her two most recent wins both came against opponents our model rates elite: Manon Fiorot at UFC 315 and Zhang Weili at UFC 322, each by unanimous decision over five rounds.

Three losses, one draw, and three straight wins to close the book so far.

Fighting Style

Valentina Shevchenko is a hard fighter to hit and a hard one to take down. She lands strikes at a steady clip, but she takes very little in return, and her defense and accuracy both stand out. She also gives up few takedowns, and she shoots for them far more often than most of the UFC roster.

She rarely hunts for submissions, but two of her UFC wins came that way, both in round two.

Her finishes arrive late. She has four knockouts and two submissions in the UFC, and none came in round one. Two TKOs and both submissions came in round two, one TKO in round three, and one in round four. Nine of her 15 wins went to the scorecards.

Notable Wins

• Zhang Weili — unanimous decision, round 5, UFC 322 (2025)
• Manon Fiorot — unanimous decision, round 5, UFC 315 (2025)
• Alexa Grasso — unanimous decision, round 5, UFC 306 (2024)
• Jessica Andrade — KO/TKO, round 2, UFC 261 (2021)

Quick Facts

• Division: Women's Flyweight (champion)
• UFC record: 15-3-1
• Professional record (all promotions): 26-4-1
• UFC debut: December 2015
• Stance: Southpaw
• Height / reach: 5'5" / 67"
• Team: Tiger Muay Thai - Phuket, Thailand
• Born: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan