UFC champion bantamweight champion Amanda Nunez was hospitalized on the eve of the UFC 213 tournament.
The duel with Valentina Shevchenko, which was to be the main event of the tournament, was canceled. The reasons for the hospitalization of Nunez are not called.
"Amanda was allowed to fight, but she did not feel well.
The fight with Shevchenko can be postponed to 9 September and go through the UFC 215 tournament in Edmonton, Canada, "said UFC president Dana White.
"I apologize to all my real fans. The battle will be rescheduled, and I will definitely return - one hundred percent, "the champion wrote on her social network page.
Recall that this boxing evening in Las Vegas is also planned Romero-Whittaker duel, in which the temporary title of the UFC middleweight champion will be played out.