Is Valentina Shevchenko a spy? Chael Sonnen has never been shy about stirring the pot, and his latest musings about UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko are no exception. Sonnen, who has both praised Shevchenko’s dominance and lamented her lack of mainstream star power, recently floated the idea, half in jest, half in exasperation, that Shevchenko’s almost too-perfect resume could make her the ultimate international spy.
Is Valentina Shevchenko a spy?
Valentina Shevchenko, after all, is fluent in seven languages, an elite martial artist, a world-class shooter, and, as Sonnen points out, “reportedly skilled with firearms” and rumored to have “worked as a spy for a foreign government”-the kind of backstory that would make James Bond jealous.