Taila Santos located ‘flaws’ in champ Valentina Shevchenko

SINGAPORE – Taila Santos knows she’s acquired a huge job ahead of her at UFC 275, but thinks he’s up for the obstacle.

Santos (19-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) is established to challenge dominant winner Valentina Shevchenko for the women’s flyweight title on Saturday in the co-principal event at Singapore Indoor Stadium. The key card airs on pay-per-watch following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+.

As a result much, no just one has been able to solve the puzzle of Shevchenko (22-3 MMA, 11-2 UFC). She’s recorded 6 consecutive title defenses and has never shed a struggle at 125 pounds. Simply because of that, Santos enters UFC 275 as a substantial betting underdog.

Santos is conscious of the public perception. Having said that, the Brazilian statements she and her workforce have located holes in Shevchenko’s match that they can use en route to victory.

“She’s about as shut as you can get to the excellent fighter, but nobody is perfect,” Santos explained to MMA Junkie and other reporters via an interpreter at UFC 275 media day. “There’s constantly area for improvement for most people. Accomplishing the tape study, we were in a position to track down a few issues we can operate on and that was fundamentally what the system has been put all around those people flaws that we discovered, and that is what I’m heading to impose.”

Santos held the her cards shut to her vest in conditions of system. She knows everyone is counting her out going into battle night, but totally intends to shock the globe and pull off what would be regarded as a person of the most important upsets in UFC history.

I have been the underdog for most of my fights in the UFC. For me, that is a superior point and I use it for further determination. It doesn’t make a difference when we get in there. We’re likely to fight the very same no subject what folks see.”