Tag: Valentina Shevchenko

Valentina Shevchenko Isn’t Sold on Nunes’ Excuse For UFC 213 Pullout

Valentina Shevchenko feels Amanda Nunes may be hiding something in regards to her UFC 213 pullout. This past Saturday night (July 8), Nunes was set to defend her women’s bantamweight title against Shevchenko. The rematch never happened as “The Lioness” pulled out of the fight due to chronic sinusitis. UFC President Dana White said doctors […]

Valentina Shevchenko feels Amanda Nunes may be hiding something in regards to her UFC 213 pullout. This past Saturday night (July 8), Nunes was set to defend her women’s bantamweight title against Shevchenko. The rematch never happened as “The Lioness” pulled out of the fight due to chronic sinusitis. UFC President Dana White said doctors […]

Joanna Jedrzejczyk: Offer to Fight Shevchenko Was More Than PR Stunt

Joanna Jedrzejczyk says her willingness to fight Valentina Shevchenko last night (July 8) at UFC 213 was not done for PR purposes. Instead, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) strawweight title holder says she just wanted to save the main event. Shevchenko was also willing to make the fight happen, but the Nevada State Athletic Commission […]

Joanna Jedrzejczyk says her willingness to fight Valentina Shevchenko last night (July 8) at UFC 213 was not done for PR purposes. Instead, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) strawweight title holder says she just wanted to save the main event. Shevchenko was also willing to make the fight happen, but the Nevada State Athletic Commission […]

Amanda Nunes Unveils Real Reason For UFC 213 No-Show

Yesterday the MMA community was thrown into outright upheaval when word arrived that Amanda Nunes had been forced out of her championship fight versus Valentina Shevchenko in the main event of UFC 213 from Las Vegas. Many were quick to judge “The Lioness,” a larger women’s bantamweight who cuts a decent amount of weight to […]

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Yesterday the MMA community was thrown into outright upheaval when word arrived that Amanda Nunes had been forced out of her championship fight versus Valentina Shevchenko in the main event of UFC 213 from Las Vegas.

Many were quick to judge “The Lioness,” a larger women’s bantamweight who cuts a decent amount of weight to make the 135-pound title fight limit, as having had a failed weight cut that made her unable to fight. Dana White had another story, offering the fact that Nunes had been cleared to fight by their doctors and that it was ’90 percent mental.’

Shevchenko reacted with justified disdain and Nunes only offered a brief apology online; that is, until today.

Nunes just claimed on Twitter that her being forced to pull out had nothing to do with her weight cut, but another illness altogether. She expounded on the exact nature of her ailment, tweeting a detailed explanation this afternoon that she was dealing with sinusitis and was unable to be punched in the face and head while dealing with such pressure:

The women’s champ will head on to a rematch with “Bullet” most likely at September 9’s UFC 215 pay-per-view event from Edmonton, but White stated Nunes will no longer headline a high[profile card for the time being.

He’s said that about Jon Jones and his anticipated rematch with Daniel Cormier at July 29’s UFC 214 from Anaheim, however, and it’s going to take a pretty huge fight to demote Nunes vs. Shevchenko to the co-main.

Let’s just hope it happens no matter what slot it is on the docket.

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UFC 213 Final Purses: Alistair Overeem Hits $800,000 Confirmed Pay

UFC 213 went ahead last night without its main event bantamweight title bout between Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko Nunes pulled out at the 11th hour, which led to the interim middleweight title fight between Yoel Romero and Robert Whittaker being promoted to the main event slot. There were clear winners and losers on the […]

UFC 213 went ahead last night without its main event bantamweight title bout between Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko Nunes pulled out at the 11th hour, which led to the interim middleweight title fight between Yoel Romero and Robert Whittaker being promoted to the main event slot. There were clear winners and losers on the […]

Amanda Nunes Breaks Silence On UFC 213 Mess

Although last night’s (Sat., July 8, 2017) UFC 213 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, delivered a decent night of MMA action for fight fans in Sin City, most of the card’s momentum was obviously lost when women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes was hospitalized and out of her awaited rematch with Valentina Shevchenko for […]

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Although last night’s (Sat., July 8, 2017) UFC 213 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, delivered a decent night of MMA action for fight fans in Sin City, most of the card’s momentum was obviously lost when women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes was hospitalized and out of her awaited rematch with Valentina Shevchenko for the title.

The scenario got a bit stranger when word arrived detailing the exact nature of Nunes’ ailment, where she apparently went to the hospital on both Friday and Saturday and was ultimately cleared to fight, but decided not to. This understandably angered Dana White, who explained that “The Lioness” had indeed been medically cleared to participate in the fight in an interview with FOX Sports 1:

Clearly disappointed at the harsh realization her biggest-ever fight was about to be called off for the time being, Shevchenko also expressed her frustration about the champion’s last-minute absence in a statement of her own, apologizing to her fans and vowing to stay ready for the fight, which was rumored by White to be rescheduled for September 9’s UFC 215 from Edmonton.

“The Lioness” then broke her silence on Twitter, apologizing to her ‘true fans’ and affirming she would be ready when the fight was back on:

The apology is nice to be sure, but the fact remains a high-profile UFC pay-per-view main event was ruined at the absolute last minute due to what most believe are complications due to weight cutting, and that only serves to shed a light on the bigger, more overarching problem of extreme cuts in MMA, a nefarious aspect of the fight game that athletic commissions are finally taking seriously by making efforts to curb.

Nunes and Shevchenko will have their day in the octagon, but “The Lioness’” stock took a big hit even if she is the most dominant 135-pound female on the Earth.

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UFC 213 Results: The Real Winners and Losers from Romero vs. Whittaker Card

Well, this was an interesting one.
Hours before UFC 213 was set to go down in Las Vegas, one half of the evening’s main event, women’s bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes, was confirmed out of her bout with Valentina Shevchenko.
Nunes was hospitalized with…

Well, this was an interesting one.

Hours before UFC 213 was set to go down in Las Vegas, one half of the evening’s main event, women’s bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes, was confirmed out of her bout with Valentina Shevchenko.

Nunes was hospitalized with undefined illness and ruled out of the contest, leaving a charismatic challenger in Shevchenko without a dance partner and moving the co-main event between Yoel Romero and Robert Whittaker into the prime slot.

So here we are. Without a potentially great champion in Nunes to headline the card, would UFC 213 survive? It’s an especially pertinent question when you remember this card also lost Cody Garbrandt vs. T.J. Dillashaw and Donald Cerrone vs. Robbie Lawler. 

As always, the final stat lines don’t reveal everything. These are the real winners and losers from July 8 in Las Vegas.

For the literal-minded among us, full card results appear at the end.

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