UFC 315 Co-Main Event Opening Odds: Shevchenko Vs. Fiorot

Valentina Shevchenko regained the UFC women’s flyweight title in September 2024 with a unanimous decision win over Alexa Grasso at UFC 306. Shevchenko, whose first run with that belt ran from December 2018 through March 2023 and included seven successful title defenses, puts her belt on the line for the first time in her second championship stint in the co-main event of UFC 315. Shevchenko faces Manon Fiorot on that pay-per-view card, which takes place at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on May 10. We look at the opening betting odds for the Shevchenko vs. Fiorot matchup.

The main event of UFC 315 is a welterweight title fight between defending champion Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena.

UFC 315 Fight Card: Valentina Shevchenko Vs. Manon Fiorot

Valentina Shevchenko (24-4-1) has been with the UFC since December 2015, when the promotion signed her as a short-notice replacement for Germaine de Randamie against Sarah Kaufman on a UFC on FOX card. Shevchenko won that bantamweight fight by split decision.

Shevchenko stayed at 135 for her next four fights, going 2-2. Her wins came against former UFC champ Holly Holm and future titleholder Julianna Pena. Her losses, both by decision, came against Amanda Nunes, including a September 2017 split decision setback against then-champ Nunes.

Following her loss to Nunes, Shevchenko dropped to 125 pounds and went on one of the most impressive runs in the history of the UFC women’s divisions.

She put an absolute beating on Priscila Cachoeira in her UFC 125-pound debut. In her next fight, Shevchenko faced ex-women’s strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the vacant flyweight title. Shevchenko won that scrap via decision.

She then defended her title seven times before falling to Grasso at UFC 285. The two then fought to a split draw in a September 2023 scrap. The trilogy fight between the two saw Shevchenko walk away from UFC 306 with the title back in her hands.

Shevchenko holds the following records in the UFC women’s flyweight division:

Most wins: 10

Most KO/TKO wins: 4

Longest winning streak: 9

Most title fight wins: 9

Most fight time: 3:42:47

Most control time: 1:25:33

Most top position time: 1:14:08

Fewest strikes absorbed per minute: 1.75

Total strikes landed: 1,790

Takedowns landed: 47

Manon Fiorot (12-1) enters her second UFC main event with a perfect 7-0 record with the promotion. The 35-year-old is the No. 2 ranked fighter in the official UFC women’s 125-pound rankings.

Fiorot, a former UAE Warrior’s flyweight champ, joined the UFC in 2021. In her first fight with the promotion, Fiorot defeated Victoria Leonardo via knockout. Since then, she has steadily climbed the rankings.

In her past two bouts, Fiorot has defeated former UFC champion Rose Namajunas and rising Erin Blanchfield, who was on a nine-fight winning streak heading into their UFC Fight Night main event in March 2024. Fiorot has not competed since she topped Blanchfield by decision in that five-round scrap.

UFC 315 Co-Main Event Opening Odds

When betting odds were first announced for Shevchenko vs. Fiorot, Shevchenko was the +100 betting underdog to Fiorot, who was the -120 favorite when odds opened. Shevchenko remains the underdog at +104, while Fiorot is -124.

*Odds via Betonline.

We will more on the UFC 315 fight card and the Shevchenko vs. Fiorot matchup as fight night approaches.