On Saturday in Singapore, the top pound-for-pound fighter in the sport will look to keep her belt safe from yet another worthy challenger, while she keeps up her inexorable march on the UFC’s record books.
In the co-main event of UFC 275, Valentina Shevchenko is scheduled to face 19-1 Taila Santos in the seventh defense of her Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight title. If she succeeds, she will extend her record for the most consecutive title defenses in a UFC women’s division, putting more distance between herself, Amanda Nunes and Joanna Jedrzejczyk, who tallied five apiece during their reigns at bantamweight and strawweight.