7 Takeaways From UFC 213

7. There Was One More Twist To Come

Just a few hours before the start of the show, the news came out that Amanda Nunes was taken to hospital and the main event was in serious jeopardy. In truth, when a fighter is taken to hospital on the day of a fight, you know anything other than a cancellation is irresponsible.

In the end, Dana White claimed that Nunes was cleared to fight, but opted not to. While it would be unwise to lie, it makes little sense to bury your champion. Many people criticised the lack of promotion of Nunes ahead of the Ronda Rousey fight, and in all honesty White should have kept that snippet to himself.

An interesting storyline quickly developed as strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk offered to step in on an hour's notice to face Shevchenko. Those girls faced each other three times in their Muay Thai career (with Valentina winning all three times) and while it's a fight you can count on down the line in the flyweight division when it opens, now wasn't the time. Especially for the 135 pound championship.

While weight cutting is a huge issue in MMA, Shevchenko walks around at 135, which leaves her undersized. And she's bigger than Joanna, so the idea that Jedrzejczyk could regularly win at bantamweight is frivolous.

As for Nunes, it's a black eye when the UFC were ready to finally get behind her. Dana White hinted they might re-book the fight for September's UFC 215 card in Edmonton. We'll wait and see.