Nunes vs Shevchenko

Who won Nunes vs Shevchenko?

Amanda Nunes beat Valentina Shevchenko by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 215, on Saturday 9th September 2017 at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Amanda Nunes.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Nunes vs Shevchenko stats

Amanda Nunes stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Valentina Shevchenko made her way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Valentina Shevchenko marked her 17th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2015.

Amanda Nunes' UFC record stood at 16-2-0, while Valentina Shevchenko's came in at 13-3-1.

The stats suggested Nunes had a massive power advantage over Shevchenko, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Shevchenko's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shevchenko had a large advantage over Nunes, boasting a 43% submission rate over Nunes' 21%.

Amanda Nunes was the younger woman by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Nunes had a height advantage of 3 inches over Shevchenko. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Nunes was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made her debut in 2008, 4 years and 10 months later than Shevchenko, whose first professional fight was in 2003. She had fought 24 less professional rounds, 62 to Shevchenko's 86.

Nunes vs Shevchenko form

Shevchenko had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 3opponents and going the distance twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Jessica Andrade at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Jennifer Maia at UFC 255 on 21st November 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Katlyn Chookagian at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, she was victorious against Liz Carmouche at UFC on ESPN+ 14 on 10th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Antel Arena, Montevideo, Uruguay.

She had won against Jessica Eye at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at United Center, Chicago, United States.

Activity check

Shevchenko's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 22 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year and 2 months. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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