Valentina Shevchenko had a very tough fight at UFC 275 where Taila Santos gave her everything she could handle during their five rounds. The Brazilian was able to find plenty of success in the ground game and landed many takedowns.
At the UFC 275 post-fight press conference, Valentina Shevchenko revealed that she had suffered a foot injury. Many noticed that she did not do her trademark dance after beating Taila Santos.
“Coming into the fight, I was injured. My foot was injured. All week, fight week, UFC Performance Institute, physical therapists they were working on my foot to get it back into the best shape,” Shevchenko said. “The few kicks that I had like super strong, it injured my foot … I hope it’s nothing serious that could delay my return to the Octagon, but this is the reason why I didn’t dance. (h/t Sherdog)
“Considering pulling out of the fight? Never. Every time I have something, I try to deal with that first and actually I could not walk on my foot when I got this injury. I could not jump on it. But thankfully to the [physical therapists], they were able to get me back and I kind of felt OK. When you’re in the fight, you have all this adrenaline and you just kick no matter what and you kick and think what’s going to happen.”
It is currently unclear what is next for Valentina Shevchenko after beating Taila Santos at UFC 275. She has talked about facing Miesha Tate but many are hoping Santos gets an immediate rematch.
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