UFC on Fox 20 results: Valentina Shecvhenko defeats Holly Holm

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Valentina Shevchenko is officially a contender in the women’s bantamweight division. The Muay Thai world champion defeated Holly Holm by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC on Fox 20, using a beautiful counterstriking game to stifle and frustrate the former champ. All three judges had it 49-46 for Shevchenko.

Shevchenko accounted for  herself well in the first round, but was the victim of a clean knockdown by the right hand of her opponent:

Holm strikes first with a clean knockdown! #UFCChicago https://t.co/p6hdOhi0hh

— FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) July 24, 2016

That was the only round Holm won though. In the second, Shevchenko really found her range and kept Holm from …

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