Valentina Shevchenko has added yet another victory over a fellow UFC champion to her outstanding mixed martial arts résumé.

The 37-year-old from Kyrgyzstan got her hand raised in New York City in the co-main event of UFC 322 with a one-sided unanimous decision win over Zhang Weili.

Zhang is a two-time champion in the 115-pound division who recently vacated her title to move up to the 125-pound weight class and challenge Shevchenko.

Shevchenko prevented Zhang from joining Ananda Nunes as the only other woman in UFC history to win titles in multiple weight classes.

Nunes became the first and only woman to get “double champ” status in the UFC when she knocked out Cris Cyborg in 2018. Nunes was the reigning 135-pound champion at the time and moved up to the 145-pound division to win the wo

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