Injury takes Valentina Shevchenko out of title defense at UFC 251 in June

V. Shevchenko at a UFC press conference. Photo: Reproduction/YouTube UFC

the card of UFC 251, scheduled to take place on June 6, in Perth, Australia, suffered a huge loss. The flyweight champion (up to 56,7kg.), Valentina Shevchenko, he suffered a leg injury and will not recover in time for the clash against Joanne calderwood. The information was released by 'ESPN'.

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Known for being an extremely active athlete in Ultimate, the Kyrgyzstani will have to wait a little longer to make her fourth title defense. According to information, the champion suffered the injury in her last confrontation, in March, when she faced Katlyn chookagian and beat her rival by knockout in a gala performance.

In conversation with 'MMA Fighting', the next challenger for the belt had already signaled that the fight against Valentina could be postponed, but was still unaware of the reason.

“We received news last week that the fight (against Shevchenko) would be postponed. It wasn't because of that (the coronavirus pandemic), but because of something with Valentina herself. I'm not sure I could say that, but we know it definitely won't be on June 6th. I'm not sure what happened, but it was postponed. It could be a blessing in disguise,” said the Scot.

The fight between the champion and Calderwood would mark the second title fight on the Australian card. The main fight of the show is being negotiated and should mark the rematch between Max Holloway e Alexander Volkanovsky for the featherweight belt (up to 65,7kg.).

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