Priscila Cachoeira had a difficult night in the cage with Valentina Shevchenko but says she’d still fight the ex-title-challenger “another 10 times” without even thinking twice.

Cachoeira (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) was a massive underdog heading into the UFC Fight Night 125 contest with “Bullet.” The meeting, which ended up serving as co-headliner at Mangueirinho Gymnasium in Belem, Para, Brazil, was Cachoeira’s promotional debut, as well as Shevchenko’s (15-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) first flyweight bout – following a narrow split decision loss to 135-pound champ Amanda Nunes.

Shevchenko was able to submit Cachoeira in the second round of a one-sided beatdown that sparked criticism from several angles. While ref Mario Yamasaki took most of the heat for allowing it to go on as long as it did, the promotion was questioned about the mismatch and her cornerman and coach, Gilliard Parana, for both telling Cachoeira to shut up when she complained of knee pain and not throwing in the towel to halt the fight, even with all the punishment she was receiving.

“Pedrita” Cachoeira, who’s now looking at knee surgery for ACL and meniscus tears the team believes she suffered early in the first round, took to <a href=" “I will fight any fighter in the world, regardless of her standings,” Cachoeira wrote in her native Portuguese. “I’d fight Valentina another 10 times without even thinking twice. Those who pick easy battles aren’t true warriors. And the treatment and the intimacy I have with my master… Those on the outside don’t know anything to criticize it. This isn’t master and student. It’s father and daughter. And no one can say how he’s supposed to treat me. As for throwing the towel: This is (team) PRVT, and we’re the ones who know my limits. Throwing the towel, never.” Check out a translation of her full post below:

“Hi, everyone. Just stopping by to say everything is OK. Took me a while to speak because I didn’t have my cell on me and I was at the hospital… So… I apologize to my fans, friends and family, who threw a party to watch my fight. I caught an extremely tough fighter, who I’m a fan of, and on fight time I wasn’t the real ‘Pedrita.’ Those who know me and are around me on my day-to-day, know how I could have performed. And even having injured my knee early in the fight, I went until the end because I don’t know quitting. I will need surgery on my ACL and meniscus. And there are a lot of people talking about how I fought the top one, etc, that my master told me to shut up and blah blah. Let’s go… I will fight any fighter in the world, regardless of her standings. I’d fight Valentina another 10 times without even thinking twice. Those who pick easy battles aren’t true warriors. And the treatment and the intimacy I have with my master… Those on the outside don’t know anything to criticize it. This isn’t master and student. It’s father and daughter. And no one will say how he’s supposed to treat me. And about throwing the towel: this is PRVT, and we’re the ones who know my limits. Throwing the towel, never. Thank you all for the messages of kindness and support I’ve been getting. I’m sure I have gotten a family for the rest of my life. And to those criticizing: I don’t give a damn, I will come back stronger. ‘A moment will not erase an entire history’”

Cachoeira is still waiting to get surgery scheduled but, according to her manager, the doctors initially expect it to be another six-to-eight months before she can resume training. Other than the knee and a cut on her forehead that required stitching, no significant damage was suffered.

Meanwhile, Shevchenko – who outstruck “Pedrita” by a whopping 227 blows in the FS1-televised bout – wasted no time letting everyone know just what she expects with the win: a shot at “The Ultimate Fighter 27” winner and women’s flyweight champion Nicco Montano.

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