Nunes vs Shevchenko

Who won Nunes vs Shevchenko?

Amanda Nunes beat Valentina Shevchenko by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 215, on Saturday 9th September 2017 at Rogers Place in Edmonton.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Amanda Nunes.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Nunes vs Shevchenko stats

Amanda Nunes stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Valentina Shevchenko made her way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 by submission.

Amanda Nunes' UFC record stood at 16-2-0, while Valentina Shevchenko's came in at 12-3-1.

The stats suggested Nunes had a massive power advantage over Shevchenko, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Shevchenko's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shevchenko had a large advantage over Nunes, boasting a 43% submission rate over Nunes' 21%.

Amanda Nunes was the younger woman by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Nunes had a height advantage of 3 inches over Shevchenko. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Nunes was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made her debut in 2008, 4 years and 10 months later than Shevchenko, whose first professional fight was in 2003. She had fought 19 less professional rounds, 62 to Shevchenko's 81.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Valentina Shevchenko had been fighting more than Amanda Nunes.

Going to this contest, Amanda Nunes had last fought 7 years, 9 months and 17 days ago, while Valentina Shevchenko's last outing had been 7 years, 2 months and 29 days ago.

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