The Film Room: Valentina Shevchenko

UFC 231 is now available on Amazon Prime.

Valentina Shevchenko returns to the Octagon for the 7th time Saturday when she takes on longtime rival and former Ultimate Fighting Championship queen, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, in the co-main event of UFC 231. The two have fought on three occasions in muay Thai, with Shevchenko winning all three bouts. But now they meet again a decade later, this time for UFC gold.

Shevchenko is one of the most decorated strikers in MMA and she has perfectly translated her skills from kickboxing for success in the cage. As a pure counter striker, Shevchenko does her best work with her counter lead hook and she has the timing and understanding of angles to land it with ease…