Shevchenko vs Jędrzejczyk

Who won Shevchenko vs Jędrzejczyk?

Valentina Shevchenko beat Joanna Jedrzejczyk by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the co-main event of UFC 231, on Saturday 8th December 2018 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Valentina Shevchenko.

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 Jędrzejczyk stats

Valentina Shevchenko stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Joanna Jedrzejczyk made her way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

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

The stats suggested that Shevchenko and Jedrzejczyk have similar power, both with a 27% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Shevchenko had a massive advantage over Jedrzejczyk, boasting a 47% submission rate over Jedrzejczyk's 7%.

Valentina Shevchenko was the same age as Joanna Jedrzejczyk, at 36 years old.

Jedrzejczyk had a height advantage of 1 inch over Shevchenko. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Shevchenko was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made her debut in 2003, 9 years earlier than Jedrzejczyk, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought 12 more professional rounds, 81 to Jedrzejczyk's 69.

Shevchenko vs Jędrzejczyk form

Shevchenko had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, 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.

Previous to that, she had beaten Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Priscila Cachoeira at UFC Fight Night 125 on 3rd February 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Mangueirinho Gymnasium, Belem, Brazil.

Before that, she had lost to Amanda Nunes at UFC 215 on 9th September 2017 by split decision in their championship fight at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

She was victorious against Julianna Pena at UFC on FOX 23 on 28th January 2017 by submission in the 2nd round at Pepsi Center, Denver, United States.

Joanna Jedrzejczyk had beaten 2 of her last 5 opponents.

In her last fight before this contest, she had been beaten by Weili Zhang at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Previous to that, she had been defeated by Weili Zhang at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by split decision in their UFC Women’s Strawweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Going into that contest, she had won against Michelle Waterson-Gomez at UFC on ESPN+ 19 on 12th October 2019 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Amalie Arena, Tampa.

Before that, she had lost to Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 231 on 8th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, Canada.

She had beaten Tecia Torres at UFC on FOX 30 on 28th July 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Valentina Shevchenko had last fought 4 years, 10 months and 10 days ago, while Joanna Jedrzejczyk's last outing had been 1 year, 10 months and 7 days ago.

Shevchenko's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 21 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 11 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Jedrzejczyk's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 21 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 22 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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