In Toronto, Canada, Valentina Shevchenko out Joanna Jedrzejczyk’ed Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
In a dominant performance, Shevchenko both out grappled and out struck the former strawweight champion en route to a judges decision victory. As usual, the anticipated contest was watched by a number of MMA fighters. Check out what they had to say below:
Co-main coming up. Looking for some good combos from both strikers #ufc231
— Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) December 9, 2018
This next one should be good!!
— James Vick (@JamesVickMMA) December 9, 2018
Joanna is brave to take this fight
— Randa Markos (@randamma) December 9, 2018
That sick spin back kick doooow!! Great striking by Valentina #ufc231
— Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) December 9, 2018
Joanna needs to switch things up or this fight W will easily run away with Shevchenko.#UFC231
— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) December 9, 2018
Valentina def has the best spinning back in the game! @joerogan text book and no Telegraph! Love it #UFC231
— Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) December 9, 2018
Round the corner there will always be a bigger faster version of you. 👀 outsmart yourself!
— Danny Roberts #HC (@DanHotChocolate) December 9, 2018
Valentina is on another level #ufc231
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) December 9, 2018
Great fight, Shevchenko mixing in the takedowns made it look like she was cruising and that spin kick counter to the legkick was crazy impressive! But now we have to watch that dance again… ::sigh:: #UFC231
— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) December 9, 2018
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