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ValentinaShevchenko
A tactical profile of Valentina Shevchenko's southpaw Muay Thai game, her Tiger Muay Thai camp and her place in the UFC bantamweight division.
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Valentina Shevchenko is a southpaw Muay Thai stylist whose work at Tiger Muay Thai shapes a patient, distance-first approach. She controls the centre line with kicks, uses her reach to pick entries, and can finish with either strikes or submissions, as a 26-4 mark suggests. Rivals try to crowd her before she sets the kicking range, or force clinch exchanges where they hope to neutralise her timing. Let her dictate space and the fight becomes a puzzle.
She represents Tiger Muay Thai and competes in the UFC, where she is listed in the bantamweight category. That pairing matters: the camp gives her a Muay Thai base, while the UFC bantamweight division provides the stage. Her role is clear from her stance and style, and the results above show why opponents rarely treat her as a straightforward matchup.
Scouting FAQ
Fighting in the UFC at bantamweight, with the 2026 season part of her career, she shows no sign of retirement.
The bantamweight division is where she competes, and that is the weight class attached to her in the UFC.
Standing 1.65 m tall, she fights out of Tiger Muay Thai as a bantamweight in the UFC.
Valentina Shevchenko is a UFC fighter born in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, who trains at Tiger Muay Thai and uses a southpaw stance built on Muay Thai.
Eight of her wins have come by knockout, and she has also finished opponents by submission and on the judges' scorecards.