MMA Junkie's 2025 Female Fighter of the Year: Valentina Shevchenko

In a slow year for women's MMA, Valentina Shevchenko broke through to claim the 2025 Female Fighter of the Year award by ...

Women's MMA pound-for-pound rankings: Schevchenko starts 2026 on top

Valentina Schevchenko leads the way atop our women's pound-for-pound rankings to start the new year. Who's behind her?
La Crosse Tribune

Women MMA fighters on the rise - La Crosse Tribune

There’s ample evidence this week that female participation in mixed-martial arts – “ultimate fighting” – is on the rise. For one thing, the 20th season of “The Ultimate Fighter” on Fox Sports 1 ...
Bloody Elbow

Valentina Shevchenko excels in this sport that ‘helps my martial arts training’

Valentina Shevchenko may be one of the top female UFC fighters of all time but MMA is not the only sport she excels in. The two-time UFC Women’s Flyweight champion is the #1 pound-for-pound female ...
Al Jazeera on MSN

‘I didn’t set out to break records’: Pakistan’s first female MMA fighter

Anita Karim retraces her journey into combat sports ahead of the country’s first ever professional women’s MMA fight.
Emirates News Agency on MSN

Strong competition on opening day of UAE National MMA Championship 6 in Al Ain

AL AIN, 10th January, 2026 (WAM) -- Action got underway on Saturday at the UAE National MMA Championship 6, organised by the UAE Jiu-Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts Federation, at UAE University in Al ...