Shevchenko vs Andrade

Who won Shevchenko vs Andrade?

Valentina Shevchenko beat Jessica Andrade by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of UFC 261, on Saturday 24th April 2021 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

This contest was for the UFC Women’s Flyweight championship.

Shevchenko vs Andrade stats

Valentina Shevchenko stepped into the octagon with a record of 20 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Jessica Andrade made her way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Valentina Shevchenko's 17th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2015. Jessica Andrade marked her 28th fight for them, having made her own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Valentina Shevchenko's UFC record stood at 13-3-1, while Jessica Andrade's came in at 17-11-0.

The stats suggested Andrade had a slight advantage in power over Shevchenko, with a 38% knock out percentage over Shevchenko's 30%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shevchenko had a slight advantage over Andrade, with a 35% submission rate over Andrade's 33%.

Valentina Shevchenko was the older woman by 4 years, at 37 years old.

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

Shevchenko was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2003, 8 years and 4 months earlier than Andrade, whose first professional fight was in 2011. She had fought 8 more professional rounds, 86 to Andrade's 78.

Shevchenko vs Andrade form

Shevchenko had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In her last fight before this contest, she had won 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.

Previous to that, she had beaten 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.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

Before that, she was victorious against Priscila Cachoeira at UFC Fight Night 125 on 3rd February 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Mangueirinho Gymnasium, Belem, Brazil.

She had lost to Amanda Nunes at UFC 215 on 9th September 2017 by split decision in their championship fight at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

Activity check

Shevchenko's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 7 months and 16 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 11 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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