Valentina Shevchenko has plenty of history with current UFC champions Julianna Pena and Amanda Nunes. She has a big win over the bantamweight champion and two very close losses to the featherweight champion.

Many people want to see Valentina Shevchenko challenged and they feel like Amanda Nunes is the right person for the job. Julianna Pena was recently brought up as well since she's the UFC bantamweight champion currently.

“I think why not, because years ago we fought with Julianna, and I submitted her with an armbar in the second round,” Shevchenko said when asked about potentially facing Pena instead of Nunes, during Tuesday’s (May 10, 2022) UFC 275 virtual press conference (h/t South China Morning Post).

“I think it will be an exciting fight for everyone, where she would go down and try to challenge in Flyweight or whatever,” she continued. “Definitely, Julianna has all the chances to win [her Nunes rematch], but if Amanda is gonna be in the same fight shape as when she fought me, I think she will get back her belt, and we are gonna still come back for this third fight. Either way, I don’t care really. I can fight both of them at the same time, like whatever. It’s a mental game for all fighters. We know exactly Amanda doesn’t have this mental game very strong in her previous fight. We can see that everyone can break their mental game, but I have a very strong mental game.”

Valentina Shevchenko currently has a title defense set for the flyweight title at UFC 275. Depending on how things shake out, 2023 could have some very interesting fights between the different champions.