LAS VEGAS – Valentina Shevchenko didn’t sign up to coach ‘The Ultimate Fighter 32” just to take pictures and be on television.
As she drove through old Kyrgyzstan villages recently, Shevchenko (23-4-1 MMA, 12-3-1 UFC) officially received word of the proposal from the UFC. Initially, she wasn’t really interested. But as time passed, Shevchenko warmed up to the idea and is now dead-focused on ensuring her team performs against Alexa Grasso’s.
“I was like, ‘I want to rest a little bit more. I want to travel a little bit more.’ But once you start to think and process about the idea, your mind is starting to change and you are completely transferring into the fighting mode, the competition mood,” Shevchenko told reporters, including MMA Junkie, on Monday at the UFC Apex. “First, my impression was like, ‘Ahhh.’ But then, yeah. It’s going to be cool.”
