{"id":40914,"date":"2026-10-07T05:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Natalia-Silva-vs-Valentina-Shevchenko-odds-UFC-champ-opens-as-underdog-203109"},"modified":"2026-10-07T05:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T05:44:08","slug":"natalia-silva-vs-valentina-shevchenko-odds-ufc-champ-opens-as-underdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/natalia-silva-vs-valentina-shevchenko-odds-ufc-champ-opens-as-underdog\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalia Silva vs. Valentina Shevchenko odds: UFC champ opens as underdog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/natalia-silva-vs-valentina-shevchenko-odds-ufc-champ-opens-as-underdog.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Natalia-Silva-193033\">Natalia<br \/>\nSilva<\/a> is the new <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> women\u2019s flyweight champion, and<br \/>\noddsmakers are already looking ahead to her first title<br \/>\ndefense.<\/p>\n<p>Silva captured the vacant 125-pound championship by defeating<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Cong-Wang-413126\">Cong<br \/>\nWang<\/a> via unanimous decision in the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-332-Silva-vs-Wang-114123\">UFC<br \/>\n332<\/a> main event on Saturday in Salt Lake City. Looking ahead to<br \/>\nthe Brazilian\u2019s next bout, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/sportsbook\/martial-arts\/mma\/future-events\">BetOnline<\/a> has posted early lines for potential<br \/>\nmatchups against former champions <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Alexa-Grasso-142845\">Alexa<br \/>\nGrasso<\/a> (18-5-1) and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Valentina-Shevchenko-45384\">Valentina<br \/>\nShevchenko<\/a> (26-4-1).<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Valentina Shevchenko opens at -190 against +165 UFC champion<br \/>\nNatalia Silva<\/h2>\n<p>Silva is listed as a -300 favorite against Grasso (+250). The<br \/>\nlatter has recorded back-to-back victories over <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Maycee-Barber-253613\">Maycee<br \/>\nBarber<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Manon-Fiorot-228689\">Manon<br \/>\nFiorot<\/a> since losing to Silva in May 2025. The odds reflect how<br \/>\ntheir first fight played out, with all three judges scoring the<br \/>\nbout 30-27 at <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-315-Muhammad-vs-Della-Maddalena-106942\"><br \/>\nUFC 315<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While she\u2019s favored against Grasso, Silva opened as an underdog<br \/>\nagainst two-time champion Shevchenko. She\u2019s listed at +165 against<br \/>\nShevchenko (-190), who vacated the title because of an injury.<br \/>\nAfter Silva defeated Wang, \u201cBullet\u201d congratulated the new champion<br \/>\nbefore issuing a warning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell deserved, Natalia! Congratulations!\u201d Shevchenko posted on X.<br \/>\n\u201cIt&#8217;s my pleasure to know that UFC Champion&#8217;s belt is now holding<br \/>\ndeserving martial artist &#8211; such as you are! But don&#8217;t get too<br \/>\ncomfortable\u2014 keep it warm, I&#8217;m coming soon for my belt!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center readability=\"2.3897058823529\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.6470588235294\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well deserved Natalia! Congratulations! It&#8217;s<br \/>\nmy pleasure to know that UFC Champion&#8217;s belt is now holding<br \/>\ndeserving martial artist &#8211; such as you are ! \ud83d\udc4a But don&#8217;t get too<br \/>\ncomfortable\u2014 keep it warm, I&#8217;m coming soon for my belt ! \ud83d\ude09\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udfc6<br \/>\n#UFC332 @nataliasilvaufc<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Valentina The Bullet Shevchenko (@BulletValentina) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BulletValentina\/status\/2106580574244909440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nOctober 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natalia Silva is the new Ultimate Fighting Championship women\u2019s flyweight champion, and oddsmakers are already looking ahead to her first title defense. Silva captured the vacant 125-pound championship by defeating Cong Wang via unanimous decision in the UFC 332 main event on Saturday in Salt Lake City. Looking ahead to the Brazilian\u2019s next bout, BetOnline [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}