UFC 230 at Madison Square Garden is only a month away and lacking a main event... until now. (Maybe)
No, it’s not Dustin Poirier vs. Nate Diaz for the 165-pound title (or just a five-round non-title fight). No, it’s not Yoel Romero vs. Alexander Gustafsson or even Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson. No, it’s not Colby Covington against someone else for another interim title. However, we are reportedly getting Valentina Shevchenko headlining for the vacant women’s flyweight title, just not the fight most wanted.
We recently learned that Shevchenko was due to fight former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 231, but by moving the date up from December to November, evidently Joanna won’t be ready.