The majority of the mixed martial arts world was impressed with Valentina Shevchenko’s victory over Holly Holm last July. However, her upcoming opponent Julianna Pena is not one of them.

“She beat the Buster Douglas of MMA,” Pena told MMA Fighting. “So what? Buster Douglas had his one moment against Mike Tyson and then he lost every other big fight he was in. Holly, she had her moment against Ronda, she beat Ronda, and now they’re giving her another title fight even though she lost two fights in a row. Who else did she beat besides Ronda? No one. She’s this sport’s Buster Douglas.”

Pena believes Schevchenko and Holm are both women who are constantly trying to fight for points on the judges scorecards, rather than finish opponents. She says she will make Saturday’s fight exciting and go in for the kill.

“It was little pitter-patter point fighting,” Pena said. “It wasn’t exciting. Holly just wants to outpoint people like she did as boxer and Valentina was just better at it that night. She does that too, she goes for points, and she was better at it than Holly.”

“That’s not what’s going to happen on Saturday night, I’m not going to just stand there and point fight, I’m going to go in there and be exciting and go for the finish.”

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