>>> THE UFC, THE WORLD LEADER IN MMA. EXPERIENCE IT ON FS1. >>> THE OCTAGON IS A MILE HIGH AS THE UFC DESCENDS UPON DENVER COLORADO FOR 2017 FIRST EVENT ON NETWORK TELEVISION. A SHOT AT A TITLE HANGS IN THE BALANCE IN TOMORROW'S FIVE-ROUND MAIN EVENT, JULIANNA PENA VERSUS SHEVVALENTINA SHEVCHENKO. THE CO-MAIN EVENT WHEN DONALD CERRONE LOOKS FOR HIS FIFTH STRAIGHT FINISH AT 170 POUNDS AGAINST JORGE MASVIDAL. >> IT'S TIME! >>> TOMORROW THEY FIGHT, IT'D THEY WEIGH IN. WELCOME INSIDE THE PEPSI CENTER. I'M TODD GRISHAM ALONGSIDE A TRIO OF ELITE, REIGNING LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION DANIEL CORMIER, DOMINICK CRUZ, AND FORMER CHAMPION MICHELLE WATTERSON. MEGAN OWE LEAOLEAVY AS WELL. THE LIMIT WAS MISSED BY 3.5 POUNDS FOR MARCOS ROGERIO DE LIMA. ALL RIGHT, DANIEL, A TITLE SHOT HANGS IN THE BALANCE IN OUR MAIN EVENT.
LET'S START WITH THE BULLET. VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO, SUCH A DANGEROUS OPPONENT TONIGHT. WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES HER SO DANGEROUS? >> VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO, A WORLD MUAY THAI CHAMPION, ON MET WORK TELEVISION IN HER LAST FIGHT AGAINST HOLLY HOLM LOOKED PHENOMENAL, SET TRAPS, MOVED BEAUTIFULLY. THOUGHT SHE EARNED THE TITLE FIGHT. HAS TO COME BACK TOMORROW NIGHT, DO IT AGAIN. BUT SHE HAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT ON NETWORK TELEVISION TWICE. >> YEAH, BUT IT'S NOT AN EASY FIGHT. SHE'S DREW JULIANNA PENA WHO DOES NOT CARE WHO SHE'S FACING. SHE'S ADAMANT ABOUT SAYING I FEAR NO FIGHTER. SHE COMES OUT WITH THAT MENT MENTALITY. SHE CHASES YOU. SHE IS LOOKING TO DRAG YOU TO THE MAT AND GRIND THE ENERGY UT OUT OF YOU.
THAT IS SOMETHING JULIANNA PENA HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO BEFORE. IS SHE ABLE TO DO IT AGAIN? >> I THINK BOTH OF THESE LADIES ARE POLAR OPPOSITES BOTH IN PERSONALITY AND IN THE OCTAGON. THAT'S JUST GOING TO LEAVE FOR A GREAT FIGHT. SO I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT. >> AN INTRIGUING AND CRITICAL CO-MAIN EVENT STILL UNDEFEATED AT WELTERWEIGHT DONALD CERRONE AGAINST THE SAVVY VETERAN JORGE MASVIDAL. >> BOTH ARE SEASONED STRIKERS AND THEY'RE NOT JUST SEASONED IN EXPERIENCE AND HOW MANY FIGHTS THEY HAVE IN THE UFC AND HOW MANY FIGHTS IN GENERAL. MASVIDAL HAS OVER 40 FIGHTS, CERRONE CLOSE TO THE SAME. THEY CHOOSE AND CHANGE THEIR STYLE ACCORDING TO WHO THEY'RE FACING. THEY'RE TECHNICAL WITH HOW THEY DECIDE TO LAND THEIR STRIKES AND THEY ALWAYS KEEP THEIR BALANCE WHICH KEEPS THEIR POWER UNDERNEATH THEM WITH THEIR FEET UNDERNEATH THEM AT THE SAME TIME.
>> THE THING THAT GETS ME VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS FIGHT BOTH OF THESE GUYS WANT TO FIGHT EACH OTHER. THEY COULDN'T GET LOCKED IN THE OCTAGON FASTER. THEY WANT TO FIGHT IT EACH OTHER RIGHT NOW. TOMORROW NIGHT THEY FINALLY GET THE OPPORTUNITY, ALL THE TALK IS DONE. THEY GET TO SETTLE THE SCORE INSIDE THE OKCTAGON. >> OF COURSE BEFORE THE ACTUAL FIGHT WE HAVE THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH. THAT'S THE WEIGH-INS AND THE STAREDOWNS. HERE'S JON ANIK. >>> WHAT'S GOING ON, DENVER, COLORADO? GREAT TO BE BACK IN THE MILE HIGH CITY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE WEIGH-IN. HOW ABOUT A HAND FOR THE OCTAGON CREW. UFC PRESIDENT DANA WHITE IS IN THE BUILDING. OUR TALENT RELATIONSHIP TOM SHELBY AND MICK MANARD. FIGHT PASS PRELIMS IN THE LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION, JASON GONZALEZ VERSUS J. KRC. COTTREL. >> HE COULD BEAT UP A BULLY. LOOK AT HIM NOW, A CONTESTANT. I BET THAT BULLY IS MAD ABOUT IT. COOL DETAIL ABOUT HIM, HIS FAVORITE SUBMISSIONS ARE BANANA SPLITS AND A TWISTER. I WONDER IF HE DID THAT TO THE BULLY. >> YOU KNOW WHAT, J.C. COTTRELL IS A GAMER. I TALK TO ONE OF HIS TRAINING PARTNERS. >> 156, THE OFFICIAL WEIGHT FOR J.C.
COTTRELL. >> THEY SAID HE IS MUCH BETTER INSIDE THE OCTAGON. TOMORROW YOU WILL SEE A BETTER VERSION OF HIMSELF. GOOD WRESTLING. WITH LEWIS AND SANDERS, BOTH GUYS THAT WERE ALL-AMERICANS AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY. SO THIS GUY CAN WRESTLE AND WILL TRY TO PULL THAT ON HIS OPPONENT. JASON GONZALEZ. AGAIN, MICHELLE, TO YOUR POINT — >> SORRY I JUMPED THE GUN BUT, YEAH, JASON STARTED TRAINING MMA BECAUSE HE WANTED TO BEAT UP A BULLY. HE'S A CONTESTANT AND NOW IS FIGHTING FOR THE UFC. I BET THAT BULLY IS PRETTY MAD. >> HE HAS TO BE PRETTY UPSET. >> 156 FOR JASON GONZALEZ. >> BUT YOU SAID HIS TWO FAVORITE ARE TWISTERS AND BANANA SPLITS. THOSE ARE NOT COMMON SUBMISSIONS IN MMA. IF HE COULD PULL THAT OFF HE'S AN EXCITING GUY TO WATCH. >> YES, SIR. >> MOVING ON TO THE FEATURED BOUT, ERIC SHELTON.
>> ERIC SHELTON RECENTLY COMPETED ON TOP 24. PEOPLE BENAVIDES THEN. HE PROBABLY HAS A GUILLOTINE HE WAS TAUGHT ALONG THE WAY. HE TRAINS WITH TWO VETS. LET'S SEE HOW HIS STRIKING LOOKS IN THE MATCHUP. >> 146 THE OFFICIAL WEIGHT FOR ERIC SHELTON. >> HIS JOB BEFORE FIGHTING WAS AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. WE KNOW HE CARES ABOUT THE CHILDREN. >> ALEXANDRE PANTOJA. >> FOR ALEXANDRE PANTOJA, HE WAS ON THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER. AFTER THE SHOW HE'S BECOME A PROTEGE. HE'S DONE EVERYTHING WITH THEM FROM TRAINING IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO SPENDING THE LAST WEEK AT THE OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER IN COLORADO SPRINGS. >> 126 FOR ALEXANDRE PANTOJA. >> HENRY SAID THIS MORNING HE WANTED TO SHOW ME HOW YOUR LEVEL OF ATHLETICS, IF THAT DOESN'T MOTIVATE HIM, HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT WILL. >> MOVING ON NOW TO THE FS1 UFC FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS. FIRST UP THE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION MARCOS ROGERIO DE LIMA VERSUS JEREMY KIMBALL.
THE FIRST ONE TO THE SCALE, PLEASE WELCOME JEREMY KIMBALL. >> JEREMY KIMBALL STARTED HIS CAREER BY FOLLOWING HIS FATHER WHO WAS ALSO AN MMA COACH BEFORE HE CONTINUED TO COACH HIS SON WHO HE NOW TRAINS ALONGSIDE WITH ERNEST. >> THE OFFICIAL WEIGHT FOR JEREMY KIMBALL. >> YOU WATCHED DE LIMA FIGHT. HE HAS PROFESSIONAL KICKBOXING EXPERIENCE. HE DID NOT MAKE THE CONTRACTED WEIGHT THIS MORNING. WE HAVE TO SAY THAT. HE DOES GET TO FIGHT. HE WILL GIVE 20% OF HIS PURSE TO HIS OPPONENT, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE IS STILL THERE FOR THIS YOUNG MAN. >> BY 3 1/2 POUNDS HE MISSED WEIGHT. >> PANTOJA WILL GET 20% OF HIS FIGHT TO HIS OPPONENT. >> YOU HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT AFFECTS HIS FIGHTING.
HE'S VERY AGGRESSIVE AND GOES HARD EARLY. LET'S SEE IF IT TAKES A TO ON HIS CARDIO. >> THEY CALL HIM THE GRIZZLY BEAR FOR A REASON. A HEAVIER MAN. >> ERIC SPICELY VERSUS ALESSIO DI CHIRICO. >> DI CHIRICO AN AWESOME OPPONENT, MIXES IT UP. COMES FROM A GREAT CAMP AND IS LOOK TO GO COME OUT AND DO GREAT THINGS ON THIS FIGHT NIGHT. HE SAYS HE'S CONFIDENT, HE'S READY. LET'S SEE HOW HIS WEIGHT IS. >> THE OFFICIAL WEIGHT FOR MANZO. AND HIS OPPONENT ERIC SPICELY. >> ERIC SPICELY WEIGHED IN TODAY AT 185.8 POUNDS.
HE'S TRAINING AT TRI-START THIS TIME AROUND. HE SAYS IF HE WASN'T FIGHTING FOR THE BEST ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD HE WOULD PROBABLY BE WORKING ON HIS CAREER AS A SKATEBOARDER. >> 186 THE OFFICIAL WEIGHT FOR ERIC SPICELY. ALSO FUN FACT ABOUT HIM, HIS HERO IS RIC FLAIR. >> WHOO! WE ALL KNOW RIC FLAIR. >> LET ME TELL YOU ONE THING, YOU SURE KNOW HOW TO BUTTER UP TO US, DON'T YOU, A PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER. >> MOVING TON TO THE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION AND LUIS HENRIQUE DA SILVA VERSUS JORDAN JOHNSON. THE FIRST FIGHTER TO THE SCALE UNDEFEATED AS HE MAKES HIS UFC DEBUT, JORDAN JOHNSON.
>> YOU HAVE JORDAN JOHNSON, A UNIVERSITY NATIONAL ALL AM AMERICAN, WRESTLED AT GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY AND THEN WENT ON TO WRESTLE AT ONE OF THE GREAT EST, MOST STORIED WRESTLIG UNIVERSITIES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. HE SAID HE LOVES TO WIN FIGHTS BY CHOKE. >> 205 THE OFFICIAL WEIGHT FOR JORDAN JOHNSON. >> OBVIOUSLY HIS WRESTLING PUTS HIM IN THOSE POSITIONS BUT HE'S IN MY WEIGHT CLASS.
WE ALL JUST LIKE TO KNOCK EACH OTHER OUT WITH PUNCHES. >> HE TRAINED WITH BILL DAVIS A LITTLE. >> THEY CALLED HIM FRANKENSTEIN AND I CAN SEE WHY. HE ABSOLUTELY IS A MONSTER IN THE OCTAGON. HE LIKES TO BE JUST LIKE FRANKENSTEIN. HE WANTS HIS OPPONENT DOWN AND SLOBBER — NOT SLOBBER, CLOBBER THEM. >> THAT'S A GOOD WORD. WHY NOT? >> SOMETIMES IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO SLOBBER. >> SLOBBER KNOCKS THEM. >> 206 THE OFFICIAL WEIGHT FOR FRANKENSTEIN. >> FRANK ENSTEIN HAS FINISHED EIGHT OPPONENTS IN THE FIRST ROUND. HE'LL BE HEAD-HUNTING WHEN THIS MATCH STARTS TOMORROW NIGHT. >> NEXT UP, UFC WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION, BOBBY "NASTY" NASH VERSUS JINGLIANG LI. >> JINGLIANG IS FIGHTING ON CH CHINESE NEW YEAR. THE LOCAL CHINESE COMMUNITY HAVE TRIED TO SHOWER HIM WITH GIFTS. THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP ALLEVIATE ANY LAST-MINUTE HOME SICKNESS THAT HE MAY HAVE. PEOPLE AT HOME BELIEVE THAT CHINA WILL STOP TO WATCH LI FIGHT.
HE HAS A GREAT SUPPORT SYSTEM. A GREAT FAN BASE. >> THE OFFICIAL WEIGHT — >> HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO FIGHT HERE TONIGHT BUT HE'S HAD SOME DELAYS TO THIS POINT. >> BOBBY "NASTY" NASH. >> BOBBY NASH IS NO SLOUCH. HE'S CURRENTLY ON A SIX-FIGHT WIN STREAK AND THAT DOESN'T COUNT. HIS 14-0 AMATEUR RECORD HOLDING THREE AMATEUR TITLES AS WELL. THIS GUY COMES IN WITH A TON OF EXPERIENCE JUST IN HIS AMATEUR CAREER ALONE WHICH MAKES HIM A PROFESSIONAL BEFORE HE EVEN STARTED HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER. THAT GOES ON AND THAT IS THE NEXT GENERATION THAT IS COMING UP IN THIS SPORT. >> 171 FOR BOBBY NASH. >> ALSO OWNS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SOCIOLOGY FROM MICHIGAN STATE AND A DIVISION I BIG TEN WRESTLER. LET'S SEE HOW HE DOES. >> THIS IS A BIG ONE IN THE BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION. RAPHAEL ASSUNCAO VERSUS ALJAMAIN STERLING. >> THERE'S MY MAN ALJA WITH THE BIG GOLD CHAIN WITH THE HIGH-TOPPED FADE.
HE LOOKS LIKE YOU WILL FIND HIM ON A CORNER IN BROOKLYN IN THE MID-'80s. WHEN IT'S TIME TO FIGHT ALJAMAIN STERLING HAS THE GOODS. HOW DOES HE RESPOND TO THE FIRST LOSS THIS HIS LAST FIGHT. HE SAYS HE RESPECTS RAPHAEL ASSUNCAO. HE WISHES HIS BROTHERS WOULD STOP TRYING TO TALK TRASH FOR HIM F. YOU'RE GOING TO TALK TRASH, DO IT YOURSELF. >> 136, THE OFFICIAL WEIGHT FOR ALJA. >> HE'S IN PHENOMENAL SHAPE. HE SAYS HE LIKES RAPHAEL. HIS BROTHERS CAN TALK FOR YOU BUT THEY CAN'T FIGHT FOR YOU. >> 15 FIGHTS OF EXPERIENCE FROM THE WFC. HE FOUGHT IT T.J. DILLASHAW AND HAS BEATEN HIM. HE WILL MOVE UP TO ANOTHER GOOD SPOT. HE BOASTS A STRONG STRIKING DEFENSE. >> 135.5 THE OFFICIAL WEIGHT FOR RAPHAEL ASSUNCAO. >> THIS IS A PREMIERE MATCHUP. EVERYONE WILL GET A GREAT SHOW HERE.
>> AND OUR FEATURED BOUT OF THE F1 FIGHT NIGHT PRELIMS IN THE MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION, NATE THE GREAT MARQUARDT VERSUS SAM ALVEY. >> SMILING SAM ALVEY. EVERYONE FORGETS ABOUT HIS PRO EXPERIENCE. SINCE 2008, THAT'S JUST A YEAR AFTER I STARTED, HE'S BEEN DOING THIS ALMOST 11 YEARS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 13 FIRST-ROUND FINISHES. THIS GUY CAN PUNCH. HE HAS A NATURAL GOD GIVEN GIFT TO KNOCK PEOPLE OUT AND THAT'S SOMETHING HE IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR IN EVERY MATCH HE'S HAD. >> 185.5 FOR SAM ALVEY. HIS OPPONENT FROM RIGHT HERE IN DENVER, COLORADO, NATE "THE GREAT" MARQUARDT. >> IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT HAS MORE FIGHTS THAN SMILEY IT'S NATE THE GREAT.
WHEN I TRAINED HERE IN COLORADO I WENT TO HIS GYM TO TRAIN AND THINKING THIS GUY IS A LEGEND. >> 185.5 FOR NATE MARQUARDT. >> AND HE'S SO FUNNY. HE HAD HIS PRO DEBUT WHEN HE WAS 17. I THINK HE ACTUALLY FOUGHT ILLEGALLY. >> ONLY FOUR MORE FIGHTS TO GO. FIRST ON THE MAIN CARD SHOULD BE A GOOD ONE BETWEEN ALEX CACERES AND JASON KNIGHT AND THE 18-2 KNIGHT WEIGHS IN FIRST.
>> JASON KNIGHT. YOU WANT TO DO THIS, BOY, THAT'S WHAT HE SAID IN HIS OCTAGON DEBUT A. VERY FORWARD FIGHTER, FORWARD PRESSURE FIGHTER. HE SAYS HE IS GOING TO EMBARRASS ALEX CACERES. HE WANTS TO KNOCK HIM OUT. >> 145.5 FOR MISSISSIPPI MEAN. >> JASON KNIGHT SAYS CACERES HAS NEVER BEEN IN THERE WITH ANYBODY LIKE HIM. HE'S GOING TO EMBARRASS HIM TOMORROW NIGHT AND PROVE A POINT. >> CACERES IS HYPED. NOT A LOT OF TIME. HE'S IN THERE QUICK TO GET DONE WITH THE WEIGH-IN CLEARLY.
>> 145 ON THE NOSE FOR BRUCE LEROY. >> GAINED TONS OF EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW HIS GROUND GAME IS UP THERE TO HANG WITH KNIGHT. HE'S UNORTHODOX, RESILIENT. THIS MATCHUP IS ANOTHER SLEEPER BOUT. >> JASON KNIGHT DOES NOT HAVE A PROBLEM GETTING IN YOUR FACE, THOUGH. HE LIKES TO FIGHT. HE LIKES TO FIGHT, JASON KNIGHT. MISSISSIPPI BORN. >> IT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. >> ANDREI ARLOVSKI VERSUS THE PREDATOR FRANCIS NGANNOU. >> THERE HE IS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE BEAST THAT IS FRANCIS NGANNOU. HE HAS MADE IT LOOK EASY UP TO THIS POINT IN HIS UFC DEBUT AND HE BELIEVES THAT AT SOME POINT HE WILL BE THE UFC CHAMPION.
I SAW HIM IN THE BACK AND I GO, FRANCIS, WHY DIDN'T YOU SHOW UP? BECAUSE THEY HAD CALLED. >> 256.5. >> TRIED TO PASS IT OFF ON ME NOT ANSWERING THE TEXT MESSAGES, BUT WE WANTED TO GET OUR HANDS ON THIS GUY. HE SAYS HE CAN HELP ANYBODY BECAUSE OF THE STRIKING SKILLS. THE KNOWLEDGE. >> ARLOVSKI IS SO INTIMIDATING TO ME. I REMEMBER HIM COMING TO THE GYM AND I DIDN'T TALK TO HIM FOR A WHOLE YEAR BECAUSE I WAS SCARED. HE'S ACTUALLY A REALLY NICE GUY. I ASKED HIM IF THERE'S ANYTHING HE WANTED ME TO SAY TODAY. HE SAID IN MY RUSSIAN ACCENT I'M GOING TO MAKE THE UFC GREAT AGAIN. >> AND HE HAS A RED HAT, TOO. COME ON. >> 246 THE OFFICIAL WEIGHT FOR THE PIT BULL. >> I'VE TRAINED WITH ARLOVSKI BEFORE. HE'S FAST.
HE HAS A GREAT JAB, GOOD TAKEDOWN DEFENSE, AND THE LAST TIME HE CAME IN WITH SOMEONE PEOPLE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO BOWL OVER WAS TRAVIS. WE SAW HOW THAT ONE SHOWED UP. >> DID HEFINITELY. >> AND NOW THE CO-MAIN EVENT IN THE UFC WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION, DONALD "COWBOY" CERRONE VERSUS JORGE MASVIDAL. >> JORGE MASVIDAL SAYS I'VE NEVER DROPPED TO A BODY SHOT. CERRONE HAS. HE BELIEVES HE CAN OUTGRIND DONALD CERRONE. FIGHTING WAS HIS FIRST JOB, HE STARTED AT THE AGE OF 14 IN THE STREETS. 41 FIGHTS TO HIS RECORD NOW. AND HE'S BEEN A COACH SINCE 2003.
HE DOESN'T CARE WHAT ANYONE HAS TO SAY. >> THE GREAT STATE OF COLORADO, NUMBER FIVE IN THE WORLD, DONALD "COWBOY" CERRONE. >> WOW. JUST LISTEN TO THAT CROWD. THERE'S COWBOY WITH HIS GRANDMA. HIS BIGGEST SUPPORTER, HIS BIGGEST FAN, AND HIS BEST FRIEND. DONALD IS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT GOT ME INTO FIGHTING. WHEN I TOLD THE PROMOTER I WANTED TO FIGHT, HE DIDN'T BELIEVE ME BUT DONALD DID. >> 171 THE OFFICIAL WEIGHT FOR COWBOY. >> HE CAME TO MY WORK THE NEXT DAY, TOLD ME IF I WAS SERIOUS ABOUT TRAINING TO GET MY BUTT IN THE GYM.
I NEVER LOOKED BACK SINCE. LET'S GO COWBOY. >> WHOJORGE MASVIDAL IS TALKING HIM AND COWBOY JUST SMILES. HE WANTS THIS FIGHT. >> IT'S TIME TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE TWO WOMEN WHO WILL SHARE THE OCTAGON IN TOMORROW NIGHT'S BANTAMWEIGHT MAIN EVENT. TAKE A LOOK. >> IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU WEAR LIP GLOSS OR GET ALL DRESSED UP AND LOOK LIKE A GIRL. I'M AN ANIMAL AND A GAMER AND I'M COMING AT YOU. >> THE WOMEN'S ORIGINAL FIGHTER JULIANNA PENA, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. >> I AM FIGHTING FOR THE UFC ON THE BIGGEST STAGE POSSIBLE. MY GOAL IS TO GO PUT A HELLACIOUS BEATING ON THIS GIRL. I GOT IN THIS SPORT TO BE A CHAMPION AND I'M NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL I GET THERE. >> I DON'T LIKE TO SPEAK. I LIKE WITH MY FISTS TO SHOW. MY GOAL IS TO BE THE CHAMPION. THIS IS WHAT I WANT AND NOTHING CAN STOP ME. >> JULIANNA PENA VERSUS SH VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO IS A CLASSIC CONTEST BETWEEN GRAP LETTER AND STRIKER. JULIANNA PENA IS FEROCIOUS.
>> JULIANNA PENA IS YOUR ULTIMATE FIGHTER WINNER. >> I AM THE FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. THERE'S NOTHING MORE THAN I WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE HARDEST FEMALES IN UFC HISTORY. >> I'M A FINISHER. THAT'S WHAT I CAME HERE TO DO. >> AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR JULIANNA PENA AND IS FIGHTING THE MOST DANGEROUS OPPONENT OF HER CAREER.
SHEVCHENKO IS A FORMER MUAY THAI WORLD CHAMPION AND IS COMING OFF THE BIGGEST VICTORY OF HER CAREER AGAINST HOLLY HOLM. THE WINNER IN THE FIGHT IS LIKELY TO EMERGE AS ONE OF THE TOP CONTENDERS IN THE WOMEN'S BANTAMWEIGHT DIVISION. >> THIS IT GIRL IS GOING TO BE VERY STRONG, BUT I BELIEVE IN MYSELF AND I BELIEVE MY SKILL SET IS BIGGER AND I'M GOING TO PUT A BLUDGEONING ON HER. I'M GOING TO TAKE HER DOWN AND I'M GOING TO HAVE HER FIGHTING A BRICK WALL UNTIL SHE GIVES UP AND GIVES ME HER BACK, AND I'M GOING TO CHOKE HER UNCONSCIOUS. IF I DON'T, I'LL JUST BEAT THE BREAKS OFF HER WITH MOUNTS. >> I KNOW FOR SURE THAT I WILL SHOW THE BEST OF ME IN EVERY SINGLE MINUTE OF THE FIGHT. I WANT TO KEEP FORWARD UNTIL I'M THE CHAMPION. >> I'M TRYING TO GET THAT 12 POUNDS OF GOLD AROUND MY WAIST. I'M NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL I GET THERE.
>> THE FIRST FIGHT ER TO SCALE, NUMBER TWO IN THE WORLD, THE VENEZUELAN VIXEN JULIANNA PENA. >> WHEN SHE — WHEN THE REFEREE SAYS GO — >> 135. >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHE DOES. SHE IS A WILD GIRL. SHE OVERWHELMS THEM. I'VE SEEN HER MAKE THE TOUGHEST WOMEN IN THE WORLD LOOK LIKE THEY WANT TO CLIMB THE DOOR. SHE HAS A CHANCE TO DO THAT TONIGHT. >> VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO IS A GIRL AFTER MY OWN HEART. SHE BELIEVES MARTIAL ARTS IS NOT JUST A SPORT BUT IS A WAY OF LIFE. NICKNAMED THE BULLET, IS LIGHTNING FAST AND CRAZY ACCURATE. HER AND PENA ARE POLAR OPPOSITES. BOTH IN THEIR PERSONALITY AND THEIR STYLES. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, STYLE MAKES FIGHTS THIS IS A MATCHUP YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS. THEY ARE BOTH GOING FOR THE GOLD. >> 134.5 FOR SHVALENTINA SHEVCHENKO. >> PHYSICALLY VALENTINA LOOKS GREAT. SHE LOOKS BIGGER. SHE WAS SMALL FOR THE WEIGHT CLASS. SHE LOOKS PHYSICALLY BIGGER RIGHT NOW. >> YEAH. AFTER TALKING TO MY TEAMMATE HOLLY SHE SAYS SHE FEELS REALLY STRONG ESPECIALLY ON THE GROUND.
>> HERE SHE IS, FOLKS, JULIANNA PENA. CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR FIRST UFC MAIN EVENT. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN CHAMPING AT THE BIT. HOW ARE YOUR EMOTIONS ON THE EVE OF YOUR FIRST HEADLINE? >> I'M READY TO GO. I'M READY FOR WAR. >> THERE SHE IS, VALENCJULIANNA. YOU'VE BEEN TRAINING HERE WITH THESE FINE PEOPLE IN COLORADO. HOW DO YOU THINK THAT WORKS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE HERE AT ALTITUDE TOMORROW NIGHT? >> I HAD A GREAT TRAINING CAMP HERE IN DENVER. SO I'M FEELING GREAT. 150% FOR THE VICTORY. >> HERE SHE IS, FOLKS, LOOK FORWARD TO IT TOMORROW NIGHT, SH VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO. WE'LL SEE YOU FOR THE FIGHTS TOMORROW NIGHT. >> IT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE CONTRASTING STYLES IN OUR MAIN EVENT. SHEVCHENKO VERSUS PENA. MICHELLE, WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE STAREDOWN? >> IT WAS SHORT AND SWEET. THEY HE ARE MORE EXCITED TO GET INTO THE OCTAGON.
