Valentina Shevchenko outpointed “The Preacher’s Daughter” over five rounds on Saturday at the United Center in Chicago, moving to within arm’s reach of a rematch with current champion Amanda Nunes. Holm has now dropped back-to-back bouts since her upset of Ronda Rousey at UFC 193 in November.
Outside the action that took place inside the Octagon, the music the fighters selected to accompany them into battle drew its share of attention. Eddie Wineland provided the highlight of the night, as the former World Extreme Cagefighting champion waltzed out to Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper” prior to his technical knockout victory over Frankie Saenz. Rage Against the Machine’s “Calm Like a Bomb” ushered Saenz to the cage, while co-headliner Edson Barboza settled on Oficina G3’s “Meus Proprios Meios” ahead of his showdown with Gilbert Melendez.
Other standout tracks included Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” (Bojan Mihajlovic), Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” (James Moontasri) and Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” (Jim Alers).
A partial rundown of the remaining tracks follows:
UFC on Fox 20 Walkout Songs
Gilbert Melendez: NF | “All I Do”Francis Ngannou: Fababy | “Ma Petite”
Felice Herrig: Rachel Platten | “Fight Song”
Kailin Curran: DMX | “Get It on the Floor”
Godofredo Castro: Eminem | “Till I Collapse”
Kamaru Usman: Wizkid | “Show You the Money”
Alexander Yakovlev: Rob Bailey & The Hustle Standard | “Hungry”
Michel Prazeres: Racionais MCs | “Negro Drama”
J.C. Cottrell: Hi-Rez | “3 Foot Tall”
Alex Oliveira: Gusttavo Lima | “Balada Tch Tcherere Tch”
Jason Knight: Shinedown | “Cut the Cord”
Luis Henrique Barbosa de Oliveira: MV Bill | “Marginal Menestrel”
Dmitry Smoliakov: Lube | “Sirota Kazanskaya”