Filed under: Featured , News , UFC UFC President Dana White insists that Amanda Nunes and her team – and not doctors – were the ones who made the final call on her last-minute withdrawal from tonight’s UFC 213 main event. Nunes (14-4 MMA, 7-1 UFC) officially was ruled out of her UFC women’s bantamweight title headliner with Valentina Shevchenko (14-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) just over three hours before the show was scheduled to begin at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The Brazilian was hospitalized with illness in the morning, and despite being cleared by doctors, White claims she said she couldn’t fight. Related Twitter reacts to Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko UFC 213 main-event cancellation “Yesterday, she started to not feel good, so we took her to (the) hospital,” White said on SportsCenter . “(The doctor) did a full evaluation, and she was medically cleared to fight.
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Dana White: Amanda Nunes was medically cleared for UFC 213 but didn’t want to fight – MMA Junkie