{"id":1150,"date":"2022-11-23T07:42:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T07:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextbet-sports.com\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2022-11-23T07:42:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T07:42:20","slug":"taila-santos-accuses-valentina-shevchenko-of-being-scared-of-a-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nextbet.dafamedia.com\/nextbetsports\/in\/taila-santos-accuses-valentina-shevchenko-of-being-scared-of-a-rematch\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Taila Santos accuses Valentina Shevchenko of being scared of a rematch<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taila Santos shows grit and determination and put up a strong fight against Valentina Shevchenko when the two came head to head for the flyweight championship at UFC 275 in Singapore in June this year. The night may have ended with Santos losing the fight but her dogged spirit and ability to complicate matters for Shevchenko were the main takeaways from the fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Santos, however, says that she has waited for another assignment with Shevchenko since then and has accused her of \u2018running away\u2019 because she\u2019s scared of a rematch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immediately after her bout with Shevchenko in UFC 275, Santos was told that she would have to go under the knife and needed surgery to fix a broken orbital after a clash of heads with the reigning champion. The injury and the resulting concussion may have played its part in determining the course of that contest, but Santos eventually decided not to opt for surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has recuperated well since then and has been cleared for months now. The 29-year-old has spent the last few months in waiting mode on the sidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been asking for fights over and over again \u2014 asking for the rematch, really,\u201d Santos said in an interview with MMA Fighting. \u201cTiago [Okamura, manager] spoke with Mick [Maynard] and the UFC, informed them I was well and training. They even said that Valentina was running. She asked them for fights, but not against me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Brazilian talent, the UFC matchmaker called six or seven girls, and no one agreed to fight her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m training and waiting, but it\u2019s been hard to get a fight,\u201d she said. \u201cI wanted the rematch, but Valentina didn\u2019t agree to it. Based on her social media, she\u2019s just traveling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to her clash with Shevchenko in June, Santos had won four consecutive UFC events against the likes of Molly McCann, Roxanne Modafferi and Joanne Wood . However, she is less than impressed by Shevchenko\u2019s refusal to meet for a second time but also added that she\u2019s hardly surprised by it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI showed that there was no reason to fear [her]. I knew she wouldn\u2019t accept a rematch after that fight. I called her out anyway, but I knew she wouldn\u2019t take the risk of losing her belt. She wouldn\u2019t rematch me after I showed she was no big deal. She\u2019s scared.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taila Santos shows grit and determination and put up a strong fight against Valentina Shevchenko when the two came head to head for the flyweight championship at UFC 275 in Singapore in June this year. 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