In a slow year for women's MMA, Valentina Shevchenko broke through to claim the 2025 Female Fighter of the Year award by ...

Valentina Shevchenko recorded a pair of high-profile victories in defense of the undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship ...

Valentina Shevchenko is still one of the best in the world. The women's flyweight division has never seen someone like Shevchenko, and she proved that again at UFC 306 this past September. Tasked with ...

Over the course of five rounds Saturday at UFC 322, Shevchenko (26-4-1 MMA, 15-3-1 UFC) dominated Zhang (26-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) ...

Valentina Shevchenko believes she is the most elite women’s flyweight fighter in the UFC. Yet she does not have the belt to back up that belief. Shevchenko dropped the UFC women’s flyweight ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Trent Reinsmith is a Baltimore-based writer who covers MMA and hockey. Valentina Shevchenko regained the UFC women’s flyweight ...

Maycee Barber thinks she's on a different trajectory than UFC women's flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko.

Valentina Shevchenko has hit back at ongoing retirement speculation, insisting that a fighter’s longevity depends on performance rather than age. The reigning UFC flyweight champion is set to defend ...

More than a decade after Valentina Shevchenko proved her dominance against Joanna Jedrzejczyk with a trio of Muay Thai victories, the native of Russia was able to do the same in mixed martial arts.

UFC fighter Henry Cejudo says he wants to be the company's first "intergender" champion, but prominent women's competitor Valentina Shevchenko has told him to be careful what he wishes for. Even in ...

Valentina Shevchenko extended her winning streak Saturday at UFC 275, defeating Taila Santos in a flyweight championship bout that went the distance and ultimately ended with the champ retaining her ...