\u201cRowdy\u201d took aim at the current state of UFC fighter pay<\/a> during a recent press conference for the Carano fight, and some combat sports fans were caught off guard when Rousey elected to mention Shevchenko by name as part of her criticism of the world\u2019s leading MMA promotion.<\/p>\n Valentina Shevchenko Responds To Ronda Rousey’s UFC Fighter Pay Comments<\/p>\n It never seemed likely that Shevchenko was simply going to let Rousey\u2019s comments slide, and \u201cBullet\u201d took to social media to both defend her use of OnlyFans and also poke fun at the result of the UFC Hall of Famer’s last fight. <\/p>\n It’s 2026. Fighters using OnlyFans is just a new way to connect with fans \ud83d\udc96 \u2014 Valentina The Bullet Shevchenko (@BulletValentina) March 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s 2026. Fighters using OnlyFans is just a new way to connect with fans. Looks like Ronda slept too long after he last fight in 2016\u201d <\/p>\n One of the most successful female fighters in the history of MMA, Shevchenko won the promotion\u2019s women\u2019s flyweight belt in 2018 and proceeded to defended it a total of seven times over the next four years. <\/p>\n Valentina Shevchenko (red gloves) fights Zhang Weili (blue gloves) in the women’s flyweight championship bout during UFC 322 at Madison Square Garden. | Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images<\/p>\n A stunning upset-loss to Alexa Grasso ended the 38-year-old\u2019s first title reign before she eventually reclaimed the belt in their trilogy fight, and she\u2019s now defended the flyweight strap an additional two times <\/a>against Manon Fiorot and two-time UFC Strawweight Champion Weili Zhang. <\/p>\n Return Fight For “Rowdy” Is Generating Massive Attention<\/p>\n It remains to be seen if the war of words between Rousey and Shevchenko will escalate at all, but it certainly looks like Rousey has every intention of speaking her mind during the months leading up to her boxing match with Carano. <\/p>\n Following the UFC\u2019s purchase of Strikeforce, Rousey was immediately named the promotion\u2019s first women\u2019s bantamweight champion and successfully defended her belt via first-round armbar when she and Liz Carmouche met in a historic main event fight at UFC 157. <\/p>\n Ronda Rousey (left) and Gina Carano pose at a press conference for their upcoming MMA featherweight bout at Intuit Dome. | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n \u201cRowdy\u201d stopped every opponent she faced across six title defenses before being knocked out by Holly Holm in a legendary upset at UFC 193. Rousey took more than a year off before she returned at UFC 207 and was stopped by fellow UFC Hall of Famer Nunes, and after that the 39-year-old embarked on a successful professional wrestling career<\/a> with the WWE. <\/p>\n
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