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UFC: Amanda Nunes Vs Shevchenko rebooked for UFC 215, says report

Amanda Nunes and Valentine Shevchenko to fight in UFC 215 after missing out on international fight week in UFC 213, when Nunes pulled out the last minute with illness.

Bengaluru, July 19: Amanda Nunes is finally set to face Valentine Shevchenko soon according to a report from Brazilian outlet Globo.

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The much anticipated UFC women's bantamweight title bout that fans were robbed of at this month's UFC 213 has reportedly been rescheduled for the September 9's UFC 215 from Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Amanda Nunes (left) in action versus Valentine Shevchenko (Image Courtesy: YouTube)

The duo were scheduled to headline July 8's UFC 213, the pay-per-view (PPV) which capped off the UFC's traditional International Fight Week, but after a last-minute withdrawal from Nunes, the interim middleweight championship bout between Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero became the truncated card's main event.

Nunes and Shevchenko met before, with Nunes earning two rounds to one against Shevchenko at March 2016's UFC 196, a fight which many believe the Russian-born kickboxing specialist would have won were it scheduled for five championship rounds.

Shevchenko will get her chance at making the talks a reality when she meets Nunes for five rounds in UFC 215 from Edmonton, but recent results of these two elite fighters indicate the fight may not go the distance.

Nunes recently knocked out all-time great former UFC champion Ronda Rousey in 48 seconds at last year December's UFC 207, while Shevchenko submitted top-ranked contender Julianna Pena who is a submission specialist with a picturesque armbar in the main event of UFC in late January.

We still await an official annoncement by the UFC, the Nunes Vs Shevchenko 2 if confirmed will be added to the previously scheduled Junior dos Santos Vs Francis Ngannou in a heavyweight bout and a featherweight face-off between Gilbert Melendez and Jeremy Stephens.

OneIndia News

Story first published: Thursday, August 24, 2017, 17:43 [IST]
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