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Two southpaws who have won everything by decision fight for the flyweight belt Valentina Shevchenko had to give up, separated by 5.2 rating points.
This fight exists because Valentina Shevchenko's body gave out. The champion relinquished the Women's Flyweight title after an injury expected to sideline her for roughly a year, and the UFC has put the vacant belt on the line between the two women with the longest active winning runs in the division — the first time a women's bout has topped a numbered card since UFC 289 in 2023. Both are southpa…
Silva (20-5-1) is 29, southpaw, and unbeaten in eight UFC appearances. Her last five are all decisions: Rose Namajunas at UFC 324 in January 2026, Alexa Grasso at UFC 315 in May 2025, Jessica Andrade in September 2024, Viviane Araujo in February 2024 and Andrea Lee in August 2023. Composite 65.7, performance average 59.5, momentum 100.0, chin 100.0, fade index 100.0, quality-of-victory 32.5, finish rate 0.25. She has never been stopped in the UFC and has not needed a finish in three years.
Wang (9-1), nicknamed The Joker, is 34 and also a southpaw, with a 5-1 UFC record. She has won four straight on the cards — Tracy Cortez in July 2026, Eduarda Moura at a catchweight in February 2026, Ariane da Silva in June 2025, Bruna Brasil in February 2025. Her only professional defeat was a second-round submission to Gabriella Fernandes on 23 November 2024, at 3:49. Composite 60.5, performance average 52.5, momentum 100.0, chin 88.0, quality-of-victory 32.0, finish rate 0.20.
A vacant title created by Shevchenko's injury, contested by two fighters who have never fought a championship round
Quality-of-victory scores of 32.5 and 32.0 that refuse to separate Namajunas, Grasso and Andrade from Cortez, Moura and da Silva
Wang's 88.0 chin and the Fernandes submission — the only stoppage on either record — against Silva's 0.0 submission score
Two southpaws with volume scores of 8.00 and 8.07, both intending to win the same way
Wang's 2.5cm reach and 5cm height edge against Silva's 4.75 pressure score
Five rounds is unknown territory for both women; the 100.0 fade indexes are drawn entirely from three-round fights
Silva has not finished anyone in her last five and Wang has not been finished except on the mat — a fight this close on the cards can turn on a single round scored either way
Wang's four recent decisions were all comfortable enough that her ceiling against elite opposition has not been established
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