Valentina Shevchenko

Valentina Anatolievna Shevchenko (Russian: Валентина Анатольевна Шевченко;
born (1988-03-07)March 7, 1988) is a Kyrgyz and Peruvian professional mixed martial artist and former Muay Thai fighter. She currently competes in the women's Flyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is the current UFC Women's Flyweight Champion. As of August 1, 2021, she is ranked #2 in the UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings.
Shevchenko was born in Frunze, Kirghizia, USSR on March 7, 1988, to a Russo-Ukrainian family, but she has described herself as being "Russian" [note 1] in a Russian interview and her native language is Russian. Her family had Soviet, and later Kyrgyzstan citizenship. Her mother Elena Shevchenko is the president of Kyrgyzstan's national Muay Thai association and a former multiple-time Muay Thai champion. Her father Anatoly Shevchenko served in the Pacific F…