Valentina Shevchenko is set to make her return to the UFC octagon to defend her Women’s Flyweight Championship against Taila Santos.

The 115-pound Champion is regarded as one of the greatest Women’s MMA fighters in the history of the sport, alongside Amanda Nunes.

Shevchenko enters the octagon on Saturday 11th June 2022 at UFC 275 as the heavy favourite at -630, and she recently discussed her immense success in the sport ahead of her next title defence.

Here is what Valentina Shevchenko had to say about the secret to her success ahead of her UFC 275 clash with Taila Santos.

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Valentina Shevchenko on UFC Success

Speaking to The MMA Hour, Shevchenko revealed how she is able to focus during fight camp and ahead of the contests inside the octagon.

She said: “I was happy to figure out that all these other things are going to just distract from my goal. I discovered this pretty early and from that moment I was thinking ‘What do I want? What do I really want?’ And I knew that what I wanted was to be a fighter and to do in my career as much as I can. Just do what I like to do and I just got rid of all distractions — for now.

“I know it’s not going to be forever.  just want to continue the same lifestyle that I have, that’s why I completely understand what I am doing, where is the limit and when I want to cross the limit.

“Sometimes when it happens (she doesn’t feel ‘into’ a fight) and you feel, ‘okay, it’s not going to happen. I feel comfortable. It’s a comfort zone. We’re just hanging around and I’m not tiring,’ but then you start to think, ‘If I would continue to fight like that, I will lose my belt. I will lose the fight. Do I agree with that and continue to do nothing just to be comfortable? No.’ And this is what pushes me every time.”

*credit to Bloody Elbow for the transcription

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UFC 275 Fight Card

Here is the full scheduled fight card for UFC 275 as of writing on Tuesday 7th June 2022, according to the official UFC website:

Early Prelims

  • Ramona Pascual v Joselyne Edwards – Women’s Bantamweight Bout
  • Silvana Gomez Juarez v Liang Na – Women’s Strawweight Bout
  • Kang Kyung-Ho v Danaa Batgerel – Bantamweight Bout

Prelims

  • Andre Fialho vs Jake Matthews – Welterweight Bout
  • Steve Garcia v Hayisaer Maheshate – Lightweight Bout
  • Brendan Allen vs Jacob Malkoun – Middleweight Bout
  • Seung Woo Choi v Joshua Culibao – Featherweight Bout

Main Card

  • Ramazan Emeev v Jack Della Maddalena – Welterweight Bout
  • Rogerio Bontorin v Manel Kape – Flyweight Bout
  • Zhang Weili v Joanna Jedrzejczyk – Women’s Strawweight Bout
  • UFC Women’s Flyweight Championship: Valentina Shevchenko (c) v Taila Santos
  • UFC Light Heavyweight Championship: Glover Teixeira (c) v Jiri Prochazka

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