The reigning UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion Valentina Shevchenko recently took to her Instagram account and posted a picture with the championship belt and she flaunted her abs. Halle Berry took note of the post and commented:
there she is !!
Here’s what Taila Santos’ corner said when Valentina Shevchenko busted her eye
UFC translator Fabiano Buskei recently spoke with ITP MMA and the language expert revealed exactly what Taila Santos’ corner was saying to her during the Brazilian’s UFC title shot against Valentina Shevchenko.
Taila Santos sustained huge damage to her right eye that many believe was caused via a clash of heads with Valentina Shevchenko. This caused the eye to close during the bout. The injury clearly made an already tough battle even harder, but Santos still managed to put on an impressive display against the dominant UFC champion.
While speaking about the bout, the UFC translator revealed that Santos’ coach shouted at her to use her other eye if she couldn’t see out of the damaged one, which caused Buskei to chuckle while elaborating the incident:
“She [Santos] basically had one eye for three rounds and I think between the fourth and the fifth round, coach [said]… ‘That’s why you’ve got two eyes!'”
UFC flyweight contender Taila Santos had opted against surgery as per her manager Tiago Okamura via MMA Fighting. Santos fractured her orbital bone under the right eye after clashing heads with UFC queen Valentina Shevchenko in the third round of their title bout. She was advised by doctors in Singapore to undergo surgery before returning to Brazil.
Santos decided to fly back to her home country and have the procedure done in Brazil, but further tests done by her doctors and specialists prompted Santos to decide against surgery. According to Okamura, Santos is “already well and training for the next challenge.”
“Once we were here [in Brazil],” the manager said, “[Santos] consulted with specialists that brought us more information about the procedure and possible consequences for her in competition, either doing the surgery or letting the fracture heal without surgery. The specialist left her in observation for two weeks, and after that period he advised us not to do the surgery.”
