#3 Valentina Shevchenko vs. Robert Whittaker
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"Bullet" is the newly-crowned UFC Women's Flyweight Champion, and the entire MMA community seems to have been set abuzz by the talented young woman finally realizing her dream of becoming UFC Champion. Valentina Shevchenko is an excellent Muay Thai practitioner, who also possesses great boxing skills.
Additionally, Shevchenko is a highly accomplished grappler, who intelligently utilizes her clinch takedowns and ground game to the very best of her abilities. Meanwhile, current UFC Middleweight Champion Robert Whittaker also boasts excellent Muay Thai, sound boxing skills, and marvelous grappling abilities.
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It'd be a close fight, should these two ever square off with each other. Nevertheless, I'd have to lean towards Shevchenko to narrowly defeat Whittaker in a tense chess match of a fight!
Make no mistake about it, both fighters are extremely intelligent individuals, but while Whittaker often leaves himself open by staying in the pocket for too long, "Bullet" is swift to enter and exit exchanges on the feet. And that's where she'd likely end up beating Whittaker.