Valentina's Title Reign Will End On Saturday

The only threat to Val is Manon or a questionable decision in a fight where nothing happened.
 
Santos is Brazilian and sure has big muscles and bad acne.

I don't think it will be enough to beat Valentina though.
 
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Liz Carmouche was more of a wrestling threat than Taila tbh.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
A healthy 125 Tatiana Suarez could also be an issue.
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She has never fought at 125 in the UFC and surprisingly had struggles with Nina Nunes at 115. She still has a lot of potential, but I'm not sold on her being competitive with Valentina.
 
Flboycanscrap2 said:
She has never fought at 125 in the UFC and surprisingly had struggles with Nina Nunes at 115. She still has a lot of potential, but I'm not sold on her being competitive with Valentina.
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She struggled with Nina due to a neck injury that's kept her out for like 3 years.
 
UFCIsNOTRigged said:
Taila Santos is going to take Valentina down during the first three rounds, control her, and bank those three rounds. The last two times Valentina was taken down (Maia & Pena) she did not get up. There is no reason to expect her to get back to her feet against a fighter with heavier top pressure and who she knows will be looking to take her back in a scramble.

On the feet Santos presents a greater power threat than any opponent Valentina has faced since Amanda Nunes. Valentina is one of the best technical strikers in the UFC so a finish is unlikely to materialize there. She will though need to respect the power of an opponent with 3 knockdowns in their last two fights and ten career knockouts. Valentina is normally able to strike with impunity as her opponents possess far inferior technical skills and lack the ability to finish her. Josiane Nunes (BW), with arguably the heaviest hands of any woman in the UFC, was forced to respect the power of Santos in what was the only loss of her career.

Valentina has almost exclusively been fighting technical strikers whose skills were inferior everywhere, posed no TD threat, and who lacked the ability to finish her. On Saturday she will instead be fighting the first opponent since Amanda Nunes with a size advantage, grappling advantage, and the ability to finish her anywhere. Santos will slow down towards the end of the fight and lose the last two rounds but will still win 48-47 comfortably.

This will be nothing like Julianna Pena beating Amanda Nunes as it has been a long time coming and easy to see coming from a mile away. Don't throw away your money on Valentina thinking she is a lock to win, she is absolutely not, and those who light their money on fire betting on her will be losing alot.
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It would be an exciting turn of events, but I haven't even the slightest expectation of it happening.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
Liz Carmouche was more of a wrestling threat than Taila tbh.
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Santos is a serviceable cage wrestler, not a particularly good one, but in a vacuum her well rounded skillset has the potential to cause Valentina big problems.

I also respect the abilities of her coaches who I view as some of the best. These are the same coaches who prepared Marina Rodriguez, who is not a particularly strong grappler, to survive on the ground and dominantly defeat Mackenzie Dern in a fight no SW wanted to take at the time.

I could be totally wrong but I think Valentina is in for the toughest fight of her career. If Santos is able to take her down I think she will spend the rest of the round on the canvas or potentially trapped into giving up her back on a getup.
 


This is why Val is so dominant. She’s going to toss Santos around with ease.
 
i honestly think that valentina is here to stay. But like it did to tunes, everything can happen if you're not giving out your best that night.
 
UFCIsNOTRigged said:
Taila Santos is going to take Valentina down during the first three rounds, control her, and bank those three rounds. The last two times Valentina was taken down (Maia & Pena) she did not get up. There is no reason to expect her to get back to her feet against a fighter with heavier top pressure and who she knows will be looking to take her back in a scramble.

On the feet Santos presents a greater power threat than any opponent Valentina has faced since Amanda Nunes. Valentina is one of the best technical strikers in the UFC so a finish is unlikely to materialize there. She will though need to respect the power of an opponent with 3 knockdowns in their last two fights and ten career knockouts. Valentina is normally able to strike with impunity as her opponents possess far inferior technical skills and lack the ability to finish her. Josiane Nunes (BW), with arguably the heaviest hands of any woman in the UFC, was forced to respect the power of Santos in what was the only loss of her career.

Valentina has almost exclusively been fighting technical strikers whose skills were inferior everywhere, posed no TD threat, and who lacked the ability to finish her. On Saturday she will instead be fighting the first opponent since Amanda Nunes with a size advantage, grappling advantage, and the ability to finish her anywhere. Santos will slow down towards the end of the fight and lose the last two rounds but will still win 48-47 comfortably.

This will be nothing like Julianna Pena beating Amanda Nunes as it has been a long time coming and easy to see coming from a mile away. Don't throw away your money on Valentina thinking she is a lock to win, she is absolutely not, and those who light their money on fire betting on her will be losing alot.
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Valentina is going to take her down and crucify her g'n'p
 
Val's only weakness is she doesn't have great power in her hands for a striker so it is conceivable that someone with great athleticism and grappling could get the drop on her. I have no idea why you think Santos would be this person though.
 
Versez said:
i honestly think that valentina is here to stay. But like it did to tunes, everything can happen if you're not giving out your best that night.
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Dbl yellow, what happened there?

Watching the embeddeds so far. Shevchenko is still training much harder than almost any fighter I’ve ever seen this late into camp. She certainly doesn’t seem to be overlooking Taila. But that doesn’t mean she still can’t get caught by something or injured during the fight. Shevchenko should defend easily by decision.
 
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