Valentina Shevchenko has reached the point in her career where there's talk of her attempting to win a second title. She currently has a title fight booked at flyweight where she'll defend her belt against Taila Santos at UFC 275.

The recent situation with Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena has left an opening for Valentina Shevchenko to move up and claim her second UFC title. The flyweight champion recently spoke about it with MMAFighting.

“To become great, you have to have a strong mindset,” she said. “If you have the strong mindset, no matter what happens around [you], it can never come and get you. I don’t know exactly if there will be an opportunity, if the UFC will make this super fight, no matter who, because it all depends on how July’s fight is going to be between Amanda [Nunes] and Julianna Pena.

“If the UFC wants to do the super fight, [against] either of them, no matter who, I am ready for that. I am really ready, but it doesn’t mean I have to sit and say, ‘Oh the fight in July, who is going to be my opponent?’ It doesn’t mean that. I do my own things, and I’m ready to take the opportunities. I know to be successful, I have to be very focused on what I’m doing [right now].”

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Valentina Shevchenko has the goal of proving to everyone that she's the best in the world. Her time as UFC champion has certainly helped cement her legacy in the sport.

“It’s not just that simple,” she said. “I know people, they want to hear just something simple to become double-champ, to become best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. People in general want to hear something like that simple.

“For me, the most important is to do the best at what I’m doing, and right now, I’m in the UFC. I’m UFC champion, and I want to do my job the best way I can. No matter what weight. [Whether] it be a different weight class against a different champion, be a double-champion, or whatever, I am there. I am ready to take all opportunities. I just don’t have these kinds of set goals. I’m just in general, I want to do my job the best way. This is the most important.”