The Doctor's Stoppage MMA Blog

      I think we are all running out of ways to describe Valentina Shevchenko and her dominance over the UFC's women's flyweight division. The Bullet was able to successfully defend her flyweight championship yet again in a TKO victory over Lauren Murphy in the co-main event at UFC 266 this past Saturday. I could go into detail about the strength, quickness, and technique Shevchenko displayed in both the striking and grappling, but this isn't really anything new to those who have seen her fight before. Valentina was able to render Murphy almost stationary and defenseless as she was virtually unable to get any of her own offense going while taking damage until she was hurt by a Shevchenko right hook and subsequently finished by ground and pound. This was by no means a reflection of how Murphy had fought coming into the night, having won 5 fights in a row, but as many others before her, she was simply no match for The Bullet. With her reign of domination extended by at least

       The main event of UFC 266 pitted the reigning UFC featherweight champion Alexander "The Great" Volkanovski against Brian "T-City" Ortega. If you haven't seen the fight yet, I would highly recommend you check it out because accurately describing the full 25 minute fight in words will not do it justice. I can only describe the bout as the closest 50-45 fight I have ever seen. I am not an expert by any means, so I will save the technical analysis for others to detail. Even if you haven't watched the fight, you likely know by now the Volkanovski retained his title via unanimous decision. It was an incredible showing of both skill and heart by the champion as he largely got the better of Ortega for most of the 25 minutes. The third round was Ortega's best chance at a victory when he was able to lock in a tight guillotine choke, which Volkanovski narrowly escaped. There was also a triangle attempt from Ortega later in the round that Volkanovski was able