UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion Valentina Shevchenko will be defending her title at UFC 275 against Talia Santos, but the 125-pound titleholder is also targeting a contest with an MMA legend down the line.

Ahead of UFC 275, Shevchenko is 8-0 in the weight class, and she looks to continue clearing out the division when she faces Santos in the co-main event of UFC 275.

Shevchenko is the heavy favourite heading into the contest, and whilst it’s dangerous to overlook the opponent in front of you, ‘Bullet’ has her heart set on a major contest with a Women’s MMA legend down the line.

Here is what Valentina Shevchenko had to say about her next bout ahead of her title defence at UFC 275 on Saturday 11th June 2022.

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Speaking to James Lynch ahead of UFC 275, the Women’s Flyweight Champion revealed that she wants to face Miesha Tate.

She said: “I would love to and definitely it’s going to be the main event for the pay-per-view. I would love this fight to happen, so let’s go, let’s go.”

Tate is scheduled to be making her debut in the Women’s Flyweight division as part of the UFC 276 card against Lauren Murphy.

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JACKSONVILLE, FL - APRIL 24: Valentina Shevchenko of Kyrgystan celebrates after beating Jessica Andrade of Brazil during the Womens Flyweight Title bout of UFC 261 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on April 24, 2021 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Alex Menendez/Getty Images)

JACKSONVILLE, FL - APRIL 24: Valentina Shevchenko of Kyrgystan celebrates after beating Jessica Andrade of Brazil during the Womens Flyweight Title bout of UFC 261 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on April 24, 2021 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Alex Menendez/Getty Images)

UFC 275 Fight Card

For context, here is the full scheduled fight card for UFC 275 as of writing on Saturday 11th 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

Prelims

  • Seung Woo Choi v Joshua Culibao – Featherweight Bout
  • Steve Garcia v Hayisaer Maheshate – Lightweight Bout
  • Brendan Allen vs Jacob Malkoun – Middleweight Bout
  • Kang Kyung-Ho v Danaa Batgerel – Bantamweight Bout

Main Card

  • Ramazan Emeev v Jack Della Maddalena – Welterweight Bout
  • Andre Fialho vs Jake Matthews – Welterweight 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

Hopefully, we’ll be able to see Bullet vs Cupcake at some point down the line, dependent on both winning their respective fights at UFC 275 and UFC 276!

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