It was only two months ago that her title shot against Amanda Nunes was postponed in the eleventh hour, but to Valentina Shevchenko, it may as well have been two years ago.
Ever-focused on the future and the fight in front of her, Shevchenko has put that frustation behind her and vows to give everything she has in this bout to accomplish her goal of becoming the women's bantamweight champ Saturday night.
Already known as a crowd pleaser inside The Octagon, she had a few surpises for the media day crowd in Edmonton too: