Shevchenko vs Peña

Who won Shevchenko vs Peña?

Valentina Shevchenko beat Julianna Pena by submission in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC on FOX 23, on Saturday 28th January 2017 at Pepsi Center in Denver.

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).

Shevchenko vs Peña stats

Valentina Shevchenko stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Julianna Pena made her way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Valentina Shevchenko's UFC record stood at 12-3-1, while Julianna Pena's came in at 7-3-0.

The stats suggested Pena had a slight advantage in power over Shevchenko, with a 38% knock out percentage over Shevchenko's 31%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Shevchenko and Pena would have been pretty equal, both with a 38% submission rate.

Valentina Shevchenko was the older woman by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Pena had a height advantage of 1 inch over Shevchenko. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Shevchenko was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made her debut in 2003, 6 years earlier than Pena, whose first professional fight was in 2009. She had fought 44 more professional rounds, 81 to Pena's 37.

Shevchenko vs Peña form

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

In her last fight before this contest, she had won against Lauren Murphy at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by knockout in the 4th round in their UFC Women’s Flyweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten 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.

Going into that contest, she had defeated 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.

Before that, she was victorious against 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.

She had won 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.

Activity check

Shevchenko's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 15 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 11 months and 28 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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