Valentina Shevchenko frustrerad över Amanda Nunes agerande

Med endast ett fåtal timmar kvar till att Valentina Shevchenko skulle få chansen att gå sin första titelmatch i UFC, grusades hennes titeldrömmar när den regerande Amanda Nunes hoppade av matchen på grund av sjukdom. När UFCs VD senare under lördagskvällen meddelade att Nunes hade fått klartecken av läkarna att gå matchen, gick Shevchenko ut på sociala medier och kritiserade mästarinnan för hennes agerande.

Today I am 100% ready for this fight. During the last 3 months of training I did everything to be in my best shape for this fight.  Nunes couldn’t cut weight correctly and was hospitalized. She wanted to cut weight and recover rapidly to have the advantage. The end result, everything went wrong.  Even though she was medically cleared to fight, she backed out.  This fight was originally offered to take place in April and she would not accept then. I did my part and am very upset that I can’t fight for the title today on this great event.  I am even more upset for all my dear fans who support me every time throughout the world and to those who traveled to see me fight here in Las Vegas live.  I feel frustrated about what happened but I won’t relax, will not put down energy in my preparation, and will wait until the UFC gives us another date for the fight. #UFC213 #teamBullet

Ett inlägg delat av Valentina Shevchenko (@bulletvalentina) Jul 8, 2017 kl. 5:10 PDT

I en intervju med FOX hade Valentina detta att säga om sin inställda match:

Nunes och Shevchenko möttes i mars 2016 där Nunes tog hem segern via domslut.