Valentina Shevchenko will fight Holly Holm at UFC on FOX 20 on July 23 in Chicago. Shevchenko, a native of Kyrgyzstan, she moved to Peru in 2008 with her coach Pavel Fedotov.

Last Sunday, Shevchenko and  her coach Pavel Fedotov were involved in a dramatic robbery in a restaurant in Lima, Peru. The robbers entered the restaurant and started to assault the customers to steal their money. Fedotov was armed and started shooting at the robbers as they approached their table. Fedotov shot and killed one of the robbers but was hit by a bullet himself and he is now recovering in the hospital.

Shevchenko released her first public comments Wednesday on social media.

Thank you so much dear friends for all the moral support in this very hard time that I and my family are going through!

On Sunday my coach master Pavel risked his life to defend me and the people that I was having dinner at the local restaurant.

I was at the back of the restaurant, and I’ve seen how the thieves went from table to table hitting the diners and snatching their belongings without anyone being able to help them. When they were getting closer towards our table, Pavel acted very determined and bravely.

If criminals would have found the gun he was carrying they would have thought that he was a cop, and very likely that they would have killed him with his own gun.

The Act of Pavel was not only in self-defense, but also the defense of my life and also of the people who were by my side!

Now Pavel is recovering thanks to God!

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