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Henry Cejudo wants to fight Valentina Shevchenko and become ‘first intergender champion’

UFC flyweight and bantamweight champion recently challenged women’s double-champion Amanda Nunes for a possible fight in the future. Apparently, “Triple C” is adamant in facing a female champion to add to his list of accomplishments.

In a recent video he released via Twitter, Cejudo went on to challenge women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko, as he holds aspirations to become the “first intergender champion of the world.

“So I am out here enjoying my beautiful Sunday here in beautiful Las Vegas.” Cejudo said (transcript by BJPenn.com). “But my phone just keeps blowing up that somebody by the name of Valentina ‘The Bullet’ Shevchenko is the most dominant champion in the world.