Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos HOUSTON – The next UFC women’s bantamweight title fight is all but confirmed, with Valentina Shevchenko primed to challenge champ Amanda Nunes after her recent victory over Julianna Pena at UFC on FOX 23 this month. Shevchenko (14-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC), who beat Pena by second-round submission at the Jan. 28 event, had an in-cage confrontation with Nunes (14-4 MMA, 7-1 UFC) after the fight and exchanged barbs on a network-televised stage to set up a future rematch for the gold. “Bullet” and Nunes have crossed paths once before; “The Lioness” earned a unanimous-decision win in a competitive affair at UFC 196 in March 2016. There were concern Nunes was trying to skip past the fight when she called out the winner of this month’s UFC 208 women’s featherweight title headliner between Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie, but it appears that idea has been tabled for the time being. Shevchenko said she wasn’t 100 percent sure if the title shot would come next after Nunes starting to bring up other fights, but when the champion entered the octagon after her win, there was no doubt.
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