Valentina Shevchenko was 3-2 at bantamweight with both of her losses coming to Amanda Nunes when she dropped to flyweight in 2018. In her UFC flyweight debut, Shevchenko put delivered a one-sided beating to an over-matched Priscila Cachoeira. Shevchenko won the vacant flyweight title in her next outing. Since that victory, which took place in December 2018, Shevchenko has ruled the roost at the top of the flyweight division with four title defenses. On Saturday, at UFC 261, Shevchenko puts her belt on the line against former strawweight champion Jessica Andrade.
Andrade has been with the UFC since 2013.