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I don't know why people are so surprised with the result. Pena is not a skilled grappler and never was. For me, a "grappler" in MMA is someone with a strong background in pure wrestling or pure BJJ. As far as I know, Pena started with cardio kickboxing and then joined MMA classes. She was never involved much in pure BJJ and doesn't have a high school wrestling or judo background either.
The reason why she won her fights with grappling is because she is one of the rare girls who are actually big enough to fight at 135 and managed to win fights with her strength advantage against mostly smaller or at least physically weaker girls. Technique-wise she was never anything special. She was basically a poor version of Ronda. Valentina is not just a striker either, she started training MMA very early and participated in some vale tudo rules fights way before her prime in muay thai. She isn't a novice in grappling. The reason why she focused on muay thai is because at that point WMMA was a novelty and there weren't many fights available. Technique-wise she is probably P4P the best or at least most complete in WMMA and would dominate in her natural division at 125 lbs. |
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Was looking for an interview that went a bit deeper into Valentina's background and found this:
[Only Registered Users Can See LinksClick Here To Register] The whole thing is a good read but this answer, in particular, stood out: <<When you’re not training what do you like to do with your free time ? I am a dancer I have danced since childhood. I believe dancing helps me stay womanly while being engaged in combat sports! A woman must simultaneously show strength of mind, skill and show grace and the beauty inherent to her gender. Women are different from men physically so we must utilize our high level of technique, flexibility, and speed and not try to be like men. The woman should remain a woman. Dancing is a remarkable way to help keep the softness, the elegance, and sensuality of a woman. Therefore I like to dance.>> Uh.....yeah, what she said. That's the image of Shevchenko that's beginning to emerge...a highly skilled fighter who's both feminine and tough as nails. There's also ths: <<As for my other hobbies I love to practice shooting. In Peru my sister and I always compete in shooting tournament of the IPSC , IDPA and Tri Gun. When I am not training in martial arts, I am training for shooting competition.>> Ok, she fights, she dances, she shoots but wait....there's more: <<You recently graduated from the university of arts with a major in film directing can you tell is about that ? I have graduated from the institute of arts as a film director. When I finish my sports career I will shoot films about martial arts. For me art is on the same level as martial art.>> Added after 12 minutes: Quote:
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BTW that blogger was completely off on one of his points. This was a 5 round fight. Even if Valentina lost the first 2 rounds, she wouldn't have had to dominate the third, just win it. This loss won't hurt Julianna too much. It shows what I suspected, that she's a little too inexperienced yet to be top class. She should improve with time. Because of her promoting ability, she's still the most natural match for Ronda if Ronda wants to fight again. Which I doubt. And Valentina is a natural 125 pounder. But there's no weight class there. And maybe there should be. With Ronda out of the picture, maybe UFC should drop both the 115 and 135 classes, and create 125 and 145 instead. Think it's easier for women to fight at those weights. |
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I haven't seen much call for this but my personal opinion is it's time for Dana White to move on. I'm not saying he hasn't done a lot for the sport, he has. But there's also a limit to how much any one person can accomplish as well as the sense that every person has their time to shine and that time eventually passes. I think that's happened to White, not to mention that being as wealthy as he is can dim the drive to accomplish things. He's worked hard, done well and could move on with a strong claim to having, basically, created the modern sport of MMA. |
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But who can replace him? Have they groomed anybody? Now may be the time to start. |
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Full fight here, for those that missed it:
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