Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov caused a stir recently when he claimed that ring girls in combat sports were “useless”. Those comments were met by rebuttals from UFC Octagon Girls Brittany Palmer and Arianny Celeste.
And now a reigning UFC champion has come to the defense of Palmer et al. UFC flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko hit back at Nurmagomedov’s comments and argued that ring girls are a foundational aspect of combat sports and the UFC.
She shared those opinions with James Lynch/FanaticsView.
UFC women's flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is in favor u2705 of having ring girls in MMA
Full interview via @FanaticsView herehttps://t.