About Valentina Shevchenko
Valentina Anatolyevna Shevchenko (Russian: Валентина Анатольевна Шевченко; born March 7, 1988) is a Kyrgyz and Peruvian professional mixed martial artist, former Muay Thai fighter, and kickboxer, with the rare distinction of having won professional championships in all three sports. She currently competes in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is a two-time and current UFC Women's Flyweight Champion and the first Kyrgyz fighter to win a UFC championship. As of September 17, 2024, she is #1 in the UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest female mixed martial artists of all time. In December 2021, the university awarded her the title of an Honored Professor. In April 2019, she was awarded by Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov with the Dank Order. After becoming interested in combat sports at an early age, Valentina began Taekwondo at age five, under the influence of her older sister Antonina and her mother, who both participated in the sport.
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