Valentina Shevchenko could face a surprising contender after continuing her dominant streak.

In the co-main event of UFC 322, Shevchenko dominated Zhang Weili to defend her flyweight title at Madison Square Garden.

Many believed that the former strawweight champion would prove to be an interesting challenge for ‘Bullet’ but this wasn’t the case.

While it will be interesting to see where Zhang goes from here, the result once again opens up the question of what new tests are out there for one of the sport’s most impressive champions.

A former opponent of hers who is currently preparing for a return to the Octagon seemingly wants to add one more chapter to their previous rivalry.

Amanda Nunes reveals plans to drop down to flyweight and challenge Valentina Shevchenko

With her win at UFC 322, Valentina Shevchenko matched Amanda Nunes’ record of the most title fight wins of any female fighter at 11.

Some argued ahead of November 15 that another win for Shevchenko could also see her dethrone Nunes as the greatest female fighter that we’ve ever seen inside the Octagon.

In their two previous meetings, the Brazilian came out on top on both occasions, beating ‘Bullet’ via unanimous decision in 2016 and split decision in 2017.

At the time, Shevchenko was competing at bantamweight before the flyweight division was added to the UFC which she has comfortably made her home.

It isn’t currently known when Nunes will be returning to the UFC to face Kayla Harrison for the bantamweight title following their face off at UFC 316.

In a reply to MMA Fighting’s post about Dana White’s thoughts on Shevchenko’s performance, Nunes stated that competing for the flyweight gold in what would be a trilogy fight with the current champion is one of the goals in her sights.

“After I beat KH [Kayla Harrison] I’m going to go down to 125 and take this belt for [the] collection too.”

Valentina Shevchenko spoke about Amanda Nunes and Kayla Harrison after UFC 322

In her post-fight press conference at UFC 322, Valentina Shevchenko was asked about whether she could face Kayla Harrison in the near future.

Harrison claimed that the flyweight title fight could determine her opponent at the White House, but the matchup with Amanda Nunes could change that.

Shevchenko told the media that both Harrison and Nunes are options for her along with the current contenders at flyweight.

“I think it’s one of the possibilities, yes,” Shevchenko stated. “I’m considering that… Bantamweight, now we have Amanda or Kayla and I would say probably fans would love to see Amanda trilogy because it was unfinished business but at the same time, it’s unclear yet is she’s returning or not returning? Is she fighting or not fighting?

“Also it’s unknown what shape she’s going to return in, maybe half Amanda or full Amanda, who knows? But Kayla is another possibility and it’s going to be another super challenge.”