Valentina Shevchenko has spent years building her flyweight legacy, but after UFC 322, the story changed again. Beating Zhang Weili in the manner she did—clean, controlled, and unlike the conflict most expected—sent her back to the top of the pound-for-pound rankings. It also reignited the issue that haunts every dominant champion: what’s left after you’ve defeated practically everyone?

Weili was meant to be a new puzzle, but ‘Bullet’ treated her like someone who may have outgrown the division. So rumors of new horizons spread quickly. Shevchenko is not ruling out another belt, rivalry, or defining battle. And one name, as always, sits at the center: Amanda Nunes . The greatest rivalry in women’s MMA may not be over just yet, as this time Nunes seeks to enter Shevchenko’s world.

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