For the first time in quite a while, UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko showed some vulnerability in a fight. A few times during her championship bout with Taila Santos at UFC 274, “Bullet” wasn’t the same dominant force as she had been in previous title fights.
One of the many interested observers of the said matchup is former bantamweight champion, Miesha Tate. And in her Monday appearance on The MMA Hour, “Cupcake” says she’d already seen some chinks in the champ’s armor during the Jennifer Maia fight at UFC 255 in 2020.
“When I saw Jennifer Maia get on top position, which was actually an error of Valentina’s.