Valentina Shevchenko makes a strategic fight, beats Alex Grasso in a trilogy and regains the belt in UFC 306. Photo: Reproduction/Twitter/UFC News
The dominant victory over Alexa grasso in the trilogy held in the co-main event of the UFC 306, last Saturday (14), yielded the Valentina Shevchenko not only the return to the top of the flyweight division (up to 56,7 kg), but also of the organization's women's pound-for-pound ranking, which includes athletes from all women's divisions.
Valentina, who took over the top spot in the rankings after the retirement of Amanda nunes and dropped to third place after losing the belt to Alexa grasso Last year, it returned to the top of the list in an update carried out in the early hours of Tuesday (17).
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Defeated by the Kyrgyz-Peruvian, Alexa grasso, who entered the trilogy duel as leader of the ranking, fell to third place. Strawweight champion (up to 52,1 kg), Weili Zhang remained in second place.
The women's pound-for-pound top 15 features four Brazilians: Virna jandiroba, Natalia Silva, Jessica Stacker e Amanda lemos occupy, respectively, 12th to 15th place on the list.
Women's weight-by-weight ranking:
1 - Valentina Shevchenko (+2)
2 - Weili Zhang
3 - Alexa grasso (-2)
4 - Manon Fiorot
5 - Julianna Pena
6 - Rose namajunas
7 - Erin Blanchfield
8 - Rachel Pennington
9 - Tatiana Suarez placeholder image
10 - yan xiaonan
11 - Kayla harrison
12 - Virna jandiroba
13 - Natalia Silva
14 - Jessica Stacker
15 - Amanda lemos
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