Shevchenko still has taken every single one of her opponents down

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She kept it going last night against Manon Fiorot, another one to the list, this is the amount of times she has taken down every single one of the girls she has faced in the UFC, in order:

Sarah Kaufman (4)
Amanda Nunes (2)
Holly Holm (3)
Peña (2)
Cachoeira (2)
Joanna (5)
Jessica Eye (2)
Carmouche (1)
Chookagian (3)
Jennifer Maia (5)
Jessica Andrade (7)
Murphy (3)
Taila Santos (3)
Grasso (16)
Fiorot (2)
 
16 is on Grasso is crazy
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Luthien said:
16 is on Grasso is crazy
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Wow yeah didn't realize it was that many times! thats insane you're right. After her first few fights in UFC she really focused on grappling much more, but when she first came she was all about the kickboxing

Although I'm not surprised that she got her least amount of takedowns on Uriah Faber though, Only 1 takedown.. because Faber was pretty strong back then and was built well.
 
HI SCOTT NEWMAN said:
Wow yeah didn't realize it was that many times! thats insane you're right. After her first few fights in UFC she really focused on grappling much more, but when she first came she was all about the kickboxing

Although I'm not surprised that she got her least amount of takedowns on Uriah Faber though, Only 1 takedown.. because Faber was pretty strong back then and was built well.
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Lmaaaooo dude you are a fool for that 🤣
Uriah Faber lmao

But hey look she has always used wrestling, she has always mixed it up since the beginning because she also has a judo background

In her UFC debut she kept taking Kaufman down and I remember the commentators back then were surprised because they though she was only gonna do kickboxing, then her first fight with Nunes (her second UFC fight) was also mainly on the ground for the most part.

I think her only fights that had been mainly standing were against Holm and Joanna who had great TDD and also were experts on getting right back up so they were the ones that kept it standing the most.
 
Just to put things into perspective, Valentina only took Amanda Nunes down after Amanda Nunes beat the living sh*t out of her in the first fight for 2 rounds in a 3 round fight. This was before Nunes was able to defend her title for 5 rounds straight without gassing out. Nunes gassed out in 3rd round and Valentina was able to do whatever the hell she wanted.

In the 2nd fight, being a 5 rounder, Nunes was a lot more cautious and restrained to prevent gassing out. Valentina had zero takedowns in the 5 rounder. Nunes took her down whenever she needed to, but every attempt failed by Valentina.

In short, if taking down a gassed opponent counts then the statement is correct. If it is taking down an opponent who is fully conditioned to defend then no that will not be where Valentina ever has been able to take Amanda down.
 
Mohawk Banditó said:
Been a while since I watched, but stats say Nunes scored 2 out of 8 takedowns and Val was 0 for 1..
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Thanks. I might have confused the first fight round 1 and 2 where Nunes was taking Valentina down whenever. 2nd fight, she was a lot more cautious in terms of how much she was committing to exerting herself in order to prevent gassing out.
 
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Yikes that Grasso fight. Val likely skewed Grassos' career numbers from that fight alone:
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Pretty impressive, but still kind of makes you wonder about women's mma when you have these kickboxers join in the mid 20s or later and become some of the best wrestlers in the division. Holm and Shevchenko sort of expose the lack of depth of competition if you think about it, I'd be a little curious why Izzy or Pereira were one of the best wrestlers in their division.

Even if that's all they trained it doesn't make sense to be late in the game yet be on top. I get they have striking with grappling, and also there is a factor of suprise initially when they start working the ground with their backgrounds in striking. But a late 30s fighter whose main background is striking being one of the best wrestlers? WMMA is bizarro world, like the frequency of head arm throws there. I'm just guessing this skill is such a lower bar compared to men's side.

I'd love the people who tell others that this ____ male fighter can't fix their wrestling because there's not enough time to catch up to the elite sort out wtf is going on in WMMA.
 
Ok, now do one for every time she did a spinny-technique on each of her opponents


She is the spinniest champ eva
 
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