{"id":82779,"date":"2025-11-19T19:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/shevchenko-dominates-zhang-weili-and-retains-ufc-flyweight-title-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:37:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:37:02","slug":"shevchenko-dominates-zhang-weili-and-retains-ufc-flyweight-title-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mma\/shevchenko-dominates-zhang-weili-and-retains-ufc-flyweight-title-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Shevchenko Dominates Zhang Weili and Retains UFC Flyweight Title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Valentina Shevchenko Triumphs at UFC 322: Absolute Domination Over Zhang Weili<\/h2>\n\n\nValentina Shevchenko once again demonstrated her supremacy in the world of mixed martial arts, defending her flyweight title and solidifying herself as the number one pound-for-pound in the women’s category.\n\nIn the co-main event of UFC 322, held at Madison Square Garden, Shevchenko faced former strawweight champion Zhang Weili, whom she defeated by unanimous decision.\n\nWith this victory, Shevchenko tied Amanda Nunes at the top of UFC history, accumulating 11 wins in title fights.\n\nThe fight, considered one of the most important in the history of women’s MMA, saw Shevchenko dominate every round, according to the judges’ scorecards.\n\n\n

This is the art of martial arts. When there is an opponent who is very tough in their category against all the others, but when they are here, in front of me, they can’t do anything.<\/p>Valentina Shevchenko<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nShevchenko’s strategy was key, exploiting her superiority in grappling and neutralizing Zhang’s offense.\n\nThe champion controlled the distance and timed her takedowns to perfection, achieving total control over her opponent.\n\nIn addition to her dominance on the ground, Shevchenko connected effective kicks to Zhang’s legs and body.\n\n\n

I was prepared for the most difficult challenge. I knew I couldn’t trade with Weili; she has incredible punching power. That’s why I worked very hard and intelligently to use distance and wrestling.<\/p>Valentina Shevchenko<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Valentina Shevchenko domin\u00f3 a Zhang Weili en su combate por el t\u00edtulo, super\u00e1ndola en golpes totales 137-80 y anotando en cinco de sus seis intentos de derribo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nThe fight statistics reveal Shevchenko’s dominance, who outperformed Zhang in total strikes (137-80) and completed 5 of 6 takedown attempts.\n\nShevchenko accumulated 13 minutes and 24 seconds of control time, evidencing her superiority in the fight.\n\nThe future of Shevchenko in the flyweight division presents several interesting options. Natalia Silva, who is coming off a dominant victory over Alexa Grasso, and Erin Blanchfield, who submitted Tracy Cortez at UFC 322, are possible contenders.\n\nAnother attractive option is the bantamweight champion, Kayla Harrison, who is expected to defend her title against Nunes in early 2026. If Harrison wins, she has expressed interest in facing Shevchenko.\n\nFor her part, Zhang Weili promised to come back strong, but has not defined whether she will remain at flyweight or return to the strawweight division.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valentina Shevchenko Triumphs at UFC 322: Absolute Domination Over Zhang Weili Valentina Shevchenko once again demonstrated her supremacy in the world of mixed martial arts, defending her flyweight title and solidifying herself as the number one pound-for-pound in the women’s category. In the co-main event of UFC 322, held at Madison Square Garden, Shevchenko faced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1083,228,1085,8009],"class_list":{"0":"post-82779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-flyweight","9":"tag-ufc","10":"tag-valentina-shevchenko","11":"tag-zhang-weili"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}