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The highs and lows of this extremely eventful triple-event UFC fight week continue to unfold at an unprecedented rate. First off we entered the MMA twilight zone when Jon Jones was removed from this weekend’s July 9 UFC 200 super card. A failed drug test by USADA (United States Anti Doping Agency) that dated back to mid-June was revealed in a shocking turn of events this past Wednesday, leading to a veritable of wild headlines.

Anderson Silva was later announced as the Absent Jones’ replacement, as the interim champion tried to address his failed drug test to the media on the same day. The heavyweight attraction between Mark Hunt and Brock Lesnar was promoted to the main event, and all of a sudden UFC 200 was looking tidy again. Amidst the highly entertaining UFC Fight Night 90 card last night there was yet more of a shuffle announced.

UFC women’s bantamweight champion and fierce contender Amanda Nunes were now bumped up to the main event, as Lesnar and ‘The Super Samoan’ were demoted to the second fiddle spot. As reported by Brett Okamoto on Twitter and Dana White himself (as quoted by Damon Martin of FOX Sports).

Per White, Miesha Tate vs. Amanda Nunes is now the MAIN EVENT of UFC 200. Brock Lesnar and Mark Hunt back to co-main.

— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) July 8, 2016

“Miesha is the woman who beat the woman who beat the woman. She’s the champ,” White said. “What she accomplished a few fights ago, you can’t disrespect that. She should be the main event. She deserves that.”

Since defeating Holly Holm at UFC 195, Tate has been talking a lot about fighting Ronda Rousey. Now, in the absence of the biggest draw in women’s MMA history, ‘Cupcake’ finds herself headlining the biggest event in UFC history. It’s strange how things turn out.

The updated UFC 200 main card (for the fourth time in two days) is as follows:

Main event

Miesha Tate vs. Amanda Nunes

Co-main event

Brock Lesnar vs. Mark Hunt

Main card

Daniel Cormier vs. Anderson Silva

Frankie Edgar vs. Jose Aldo (interim featherweight title fight)

Cain Velasquez vs. Travis Browne

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Miesha Tate sent the UFC women’s bantamweight division into a spiral of confusion when she choked former champion Holly Holm out in the co-main event of last Saturday’s (March 5, 2016) UFC 196 from Las Vegas.

It was a gritty, come-from-behind performance that cast serious doubt on Holm’s ability to contend with the world’s best female grapplers. Following years of dedication, Tate earned the title she coveted most, but there are still many who believe that Holm, who infamously decimated former champion Ronda Rousey in the main event of last November’s UFC 193, shouldn’t even have taken the fight in the first place.

UFC president Dana White is not surprisingly among them, as he told ESPN’s Russillo & Kanell (via ESPN’s Brett Okamoto) that the former champ doesn’t know what she passed up in choosing not to wait for a blockbuster rematch with Rousey, and that’s because of her management:

“The sad part about that is, listen, he’s an old boxing guy who thinks he’s smart, and he’s not,” White said during an appearance on ESPN’s Russillo & Kanell. “It’s one of those things. I feel bad about it. I feel bad for Holly. I don’t know if Holly really knows what she lost. I think she has so much faith in the people that surround her, she feels like, ‘Well, they got me this far.’

“We had this meeting, and Holly wasn’t even in it. Holly, that’s your life. You should be in that meeting. Don’t leave it to these people. Anyway, Holly made a lot of money. She accomplished great things, she beat Ronda Rousey. But it could have been so much bigger for her, and the sad part is, I don’t think she even knows it.”

For his part, Holm’s manager Lenny Fresquez fired back when questioned by ESPN that Holm did know what she had lost and it was a calculated risk that was close to paying off for her:

“Of course, she knows,” Fresquez said. “It was a team decision, and Holly is the boss. She wanted to fight, and she got her wish. I think she’ll fight Miesha or Ronda next. That’s my personal feeling, but who knows what the UFC has cooking? Holly was dominant in that fight against Miesha except for the second and fifth round. She paid for it. Hat’s off to Miesha for capitalizing.”

Fresquez said he believes Holm will rebound to fight either Tate or Rousey again, and while she took a big hit at UFC 196, she’ll most certainly rebound like the warrior she is:

“What happens next is the UFC’s decision. All I can speak to are Holly’s wishes. Holly wants to fight Miesha right away. She wants to fight Ronda Rousey. Even with the title, a fight between Miesha and Rousey doesn’t have the glamour a fight with Holly and Ronda does. Yeah, Holly lost. She made a mistake, but she’ll learn from it. Everyone saw she’s a warrior.”

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