Shevchenko (left) defeated Holm (right) at UFC Chicago
The zebra took part in the main fight of UFC Chicago, an event held on Saturday night (23), in the United States. The Ukrainian based in Peru Valentina Shevchenko surprised Holly holm and defeated the former Ultimate champion by unanimous decision from the judges.
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The result put Shevchenko close to a rematch against the Brazilian Amanda nunes, owner of the category belt.
In the second most important fight of the night, the Brazilian Edson Barboza put on a show! He dominated Gilbert Melendez, won the contest and is also starting to dream of a chance at the lightweight title.
The Brazilian show didn't stop with Edson's victory. On the preliminary card Michel Trator, Alex Cowboy and Luis Henrique KLB They left the octagon with their arms raised in the preliminary card. The only Brazilian defeat on the night was Geoffrey Pepey, who ended up 'tied' by Darren Elkins.
Shevchenko surprises Holm and targets Amanda Nunes
Holly holm entered the octagon willing to erase the setback to Miesha Tate, in March, and remember the brilliant performance when he shocked the world and broke the unbeaten record of Ronda Rousey.
The former champion even started the contest well, using her greater reach to hit Shevchenko with punches and dodge her rival's attacks. However, the story of the fight began to change in the second round.
The Ukrainian based in Peru put her Muay Thai into practice and complicated Holm's game, who couldn't find the distance to strike. Shevchenko abused the counterattack with each attack from her rival and scored points. Shevchenko even tried to land a nice round punch on the former champion
In the third round, Holm tried to recover using her boxing, but suffered from the precision of her rival's counterattack. The former champion tried to land a flying punch, but was caught in a spin. Afterwards, the American tried a kick, but ended up being knocked down by her rival.
History repeated itself in the fourth round. Holm took the initiative, but could not find Shevchenko. The Ukrainian acted, abused counterattacks and frustrated her rival with each attack. Feeling at ease in the dispute, Valentina even risked a plastic round kick, which caught Holly squarely.
Without being in contention and losing in the judges' decision, Holm opened the game in the last round. The former champion went all out, but Valentina avoided her rival's attacks with no one.
Shevchenko took advantage of Holly's desperation and abused her movement to connect her attacks. In the middle of the partial she landed a beautiful round kick to her rival's face.
Holm was not intimidated and continued walking forward, throwing blows. But with good dodging, Shevchenko avoided all the attacks to guarantee victory in the unanimous decision of the judges (49×46, 49×46, 49×46)
Barboza dominates Melendez
E. Barboza (right) defeated Melendez at UFC Chicago
In great performance, Edson Barboza took no notice of Gilbert Melendez, dominated the former lightweight title challenger and beat his rival in a unanimous decision by the judges. The result put the Brazilian close to a title shot, even with champion Eddie Alvarez being his teammate.
The fight began carefully, with the athletes waiting for the best moment to take the initiative. Melendez was the one who tried to shorten it first. With hand strikes, the North American hit the Brazilian, who quickly dodged.
From then on, the Brazilian used powerful leg kicks to undermine the North American's movement. Melendez still tried to counterattack with meeting punches, but Edson was always faster.
Without being able to stand up in the fight, Gilbert tried to take him down, but the Brazilian defended himself well and frustrated his rival.
In the second round, Melendez tried to surprise in the exchange of blows and landed two crosses, but when trying for a takedown, he was knocked off balance by his rival and ended up with his back on the ground. Edson landed powerful kicks to his rival's thigh on the ground.
The Brazilian controlled the fight with several kicks to his rival's leg, but he was almost surprised halfway through the session: With a cross, Melendez made the Brazilian feel and retreat. The North American went up and connected some punches at close range. Edson defended a takedown and cooled his rival's momentum.
In the third round, already feeling blows to his thigh, Melendez was forced to change his base and was unable to attack the Brazilian with the same danger. Edson took advantage of the opportunity and continued the attacks on his rival's thigh, with a lot of movement, avoiding being counterattacked to guarantee victory in the unanimous decision of the judges (30×27, 29×28, 30×27).
UFC Chicago results
MAIN CARD
Valentina Shevchenko derrotou Holly holm in the unanimous decision of the judges (49×46, 49×46, 49×46)
Edson Barboza defeated Gilbert Melendez via unanimous decision (30×27, 29×28, 30×27)
Francis Ngannou defeated Bojan Mihajlovic by technical knockout at 1m34s of R1;
Felice herrig submitted Kailin Curran with a rear naked choke at 1m59s in R1
PRELIMINARY CARD
Eddie Wineland defeated Frankie Saenz via technical knockout at 1m54s of R3;
Darren Elkins defeated Geoffrey Pepey in the unanimous decision of the judges (29×27, 29×27 30×26)
Kamaru Usman derrotou Alexander Yakovlev in the unanimous decision of the judges (30×25, 30×25, 30×25)
Michel Tractor defeated JC Cottrell via unanimous decision (30×27, 30×26, 30×27)
Alex Cowboy defeated James Moontasri via unanimous decision (30×26, 30×26, 30×25);
Jason Knight defeated Jim Alers via unanimous decision (29×28, 28×29, 29×28)
Luis Henrique KLB submitted Dmitry Smoliakov with a rear naked choke at 3,58s of R2;
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