Shevchenko vs Eye

Who won Shevchenko vs Eye?

Valentina Shevchenko beat Jessica Eye by knockout in the 2nd round during the co-main event of UFC 238, on Saturday 8th June 2019 at United Center in Chicago.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 125 pounds (8.9 stone or 56.7 KG).

This contest was for the UFC women’s flyweight championship.

Shevchenko vs Eye stats

Valentina Shevchenko stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Jessica Eye made her way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Valentina Shevchenko's UFC record stood at 12-3-1, while Jessica Eye's came in at 5-10-0.

The stats suggested Shevchenko had a slight advantage in power over Eye, with a 25% knock out percentage over Eye's 21%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shevchenko had a massive advantage over Eye, boasting a 44% submission rate over Eye's 7%.

Valentina Shevchenko was the younger woman by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Eye had a height advantage of 1 inch over Shevchenko. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Shevchenko was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 1 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2003, 7 years and 1 month earlier than Eye, whose first professional fight was in 2010. She had fought 6 more professional rounds, 81 to Eye's 75.

Shevchenko vs Eye form

Shevchenko had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 3 opponents and going to the judges twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Jessica Andrade at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Jennifer Maia at UFC 255 on 21st November 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Katlyn Chookagian at UFC 247 on 8th February 2020 by knockout in the 3rd round in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, she was victorious against Liz Carmouche at UFC on ESPN+ 14 on 10th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Antel Arena, Montevideo, Uruguay.

She had won against Jessica Eye at UFC 238 on 8th June 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at United Center, Chicago, United States.

Activity check

Shevchenko's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 19 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 11 months and 23 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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