UFC star Rose Namajunas has defended UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko against accusations that she is a boring champion.
As we know, Valentina Shevchenko is one of the greatest female mixed martial artists of all time. She’s been able to accomplish some remarkable things over the course of her career, and looking to the future, it certainly feels like she’s intent on expanding her legacy even further, even after a solid win over Zhang Weili recently.
A potential challenger for Valentina Shevchenko could be former two-time UFC champion Rose Namajunas. Rose will return to action on Saturday night against Natalia Silva at UFC 324, and if she wins, it appears she could be next in line to fight Valentina, who she previously said is a friend of hers.
In one recent interviewNamajunas gave her opinion on the suggestion that Valentina Shevchenko is a boring champion.
Rose Namajunas’ take on Valentina Shevchenko as champion
“I feel like every great champion gets that criticism. They said the same thing about GSP. They said it about DJ, and he has an insane suplex-to-armbar finish – you can’t expect people to paint the Mona Lisa twice. Everything was perfect once, and if you did it the same way every time, those moments wouldn’t be special.
“With Valentina, her style is very striking: she waits for you to make a mistake and she is very good at that. Why would she give up her bread and butter? And when you are at the top like that, the margin for error is small to zero. She has always been at the top, everyone is studying her every move, there are so many images of her.”
“Eventually people will find holes, but that’s just how good she is. People ask if I’m afraid to show my training. I say, ‘You can study everything I’ve ever done and you still won’t know what’s in every move.’ It’s the same with her.”
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