And now!!!
Two word describe Shevchenko:
ICE COLD!
She's an ice cold killer
This woman is an assassin
Oh, that's it!
And she's still the best in the world by a mile!
Flyweight division!
Say hello to your worst nightmare!
( ALL ON THE LINE )
( THE KNOCKOUT )
VALENTINA: What I'm fighting for?
This is not even a question..
I don't have to fight for anything at this moment, I fight because I feel
this is my lifestyle.
-All right, we are rolling, quiet on set!
-Interview, take one, marker!
-What I love about fighting, is the art of movement!
((That speed is beautiful to watch.))
((She's very difficult to hit clean, you can't just uncork on her.))
You feel so beautiful, grace, but at the same time so powerful, and very dangerous.
((Oh!!))
((The new flyweight champion of the world, ladies and gentleman!))
((Valentina Shevchenko!))
RIPORTER: Jessica Eye, she beat Katlyn Chookagian.
Looks like, she could be your first challenger.
Nothing official yet.
What are your thoughts on that matchup?
VALENTINA: Oh I don't care who will be my next opponent,
this is what I want to do,
to defend the belt, as much as I can.
Every day you are so nervous, you are thinking about like what fight can be.
You have to know how to manage your thoughts, what is real, what is fake.
In every fight that she fought, she proves that she deserves that place, where she was.
Definitely I knew that she gonna bring everything, I knew I have to be focused all the time.
((You know the hard thing for Valentina,))
((is because you know she's so heavily favored, ))
(( she's the champion, she's got a massive target on her back. ))
I knew that she's trying to make her show.
-Ha,ha!
Bulletproof!
-A little click, a little trigger, a little more, a little more, was aiding during the fight week.
And you know, it's like so close to the fight,
and this the energy that, you put she put it's just like already there.
((The tension of a UFC Championship fight.))
((The anticipation, you can feel it in the air!))
((Shevchenko is a human being, and it only takes one good shot to turn the tide!))
You are already in the tunel vision, you're already not thinking,
if you're starting to think in that moment, this means, you're not focused on the fight.
It's not just have fun, no.
I don't like this word.
It's scary and one point, it's very powerful feeling.
When the doors are closed, no one can help you, no one will push you to win the fight.
It's just you and your opponent.
Your power against, her power.
And this is the beauty of the sport.
It's like one-on-one.
Who is the best?
-Jessica, are you ready?
Valentina, are you ready?
Let's go!
((And we are underway, Valentina Shevchenko in black, takes the center of the octagon.))
I remember first round,
I already started with the body kicks.
((Right away, hard kick to the body.))
I took her down.
And this is like, when I felt that Jessica she was very confident about her physical power,
but when she felt the first takedown,
that she could not resist it,
and this is kind of like started torn in her mind.
Because it's one thing when you see it, but it's another thing when you feel it.
((Oh look at that Jessica reverses it!))
So yeah I knew that was a very good round, but I still have four more.
((Well that first round's got to give Jessica a little bit of confidence,))
((she survived the submission attempt,))
((reversed the position, got on top of the end of the round.))
Round 2, Round 2! Let's go!
Yeah, I knew that she's hurt.
Like her body.
Not even time to think, what you did.
you just did, just like clicked.
When this is the moment, when you had to do that you know,
it's kind of it just happened in the seconds,
and that's why that kick, it went like..
Definitely, when it's that kind of knockout,
when your opponent is laying down.
Not the fans, no one in the arena, like few minutes, so quiet.
I didn't feel that something can be super dangerous,
I knew that everything's gonna be good,
but definitely when it's like 30 seconds one minute, more, more.
And when she woke up, all the arena was like applauding.
((And you heard, if you read her lips there.))
(("I got knocked out" she says.))
((That's a question.))
((I mean that is one of the most brutal KO's, we have ever seen.))
((The moment it connected, the fight was over, you know.))
((Jessica was going to sleep.))
DANA WHITE: She's so nasty, so i don't know who's going to be jumping up screaming for Shevchenko.
I can tell you that.
I wouldn't want to fight her!
VALENTINA: It was a good knockout, it was kind of like first title defense,
more showing my fighting style, like more variety what I can do.
So yeah I think it was kind of like a good day in the business!