
No, just please, no…
Since knocking out Ronda Rousey at UFC 207, Amanda Nunes has solidified her place at the top of the food chain. Women’s bantamweight has finally caught up to their formerly dominant ruler, and Nunes is the new breed of killer.
Having dominated Miesha Tate to win the belt, and taken out Germaine De Randamie and many others, Nunes is scheduled to fight Vaelntina Shevchenko tonight. The UFC 213 main event is a rematch of their 2016 bout, which the Brazilian won by decision.
Sadly, and completely out of the blue, news has now emerged that threatens the pay-per-view main event tonight.

Amanda Nunes is Currently in Hospital
Yep, you read that correctly, ‘The Lioness’ is currently sick in hospital, and tonight’s main event with ‘The Bullet’ is under fire. Putting a big title bout in jeopardy on such short notice is bad news for everyone involved.
UPDATE: It’s now been confirmed the fight is off:
Multiple sources have told me Amanda Nunes is 100 percent off UFC 213 tonight.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) 8 July 2017
Here’s Ariel Helwani’s scoop on the situation:
Amanda Nunes has been feeling ill this week. She’s currently in the hospital. Tonight’s main event is in jeopardy. No official word yet.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) 8 July 2017
Growing sentiment is it will be hard to pull off, but her team and UFC aren’t confirming anything at this time.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) 8 July 2017
Romero-Whittaker would serve as the main event. Should hear an official word shortly.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) 8 July 2017
Sounds as though we are hoping against hope here. Should the main event even happen, it would likely be a shadow of what it should be. Would it be better for Nunes to sit out if she’s really this sick?
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Terrible Times
Words cannot describe the reaction online, as fans are seriously gutted about the card’s likely change of main event. Here’s Nunes telling Rolling Stone Magazine how she planned on changing the division for good:
“I’m the champion and I’m the best in the world,” Nunes tells Rolling Stone. “I cleaned [out] this division. I beat this girl [Shevchenko] already. I beat her already, and I’m going to do it again.”
“I beat her already and nothing is (going to) change,” Nunes says. “The only thing that’s going to change is this is going to be over. I will beat her clean. If I can knock her out, submit her or go five rounds, I will clean this and get over this.”
“After this fight everything can happen,” Nunes says. “I’ve cleaned out the (Women’s Bantamweight) division already. I beat all the top (fighters) before I got the belt. Then when I got the belt, I beat the best one. After the next fight, for sure I’m going to try to do something else. Maybe go down, (maybe) go up.”
You can blame the Russians !!!
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