LAS VEGAS -- For the sake of argument, let’s take UFC president Dana White’s words at face value.
Let’s assume that White is absolutely correct in his belief Amanda Nunes could have fought Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 213 if she really wanted.
Let’s assume White was correct in focusing on the fact Nunes was cleared by a doctor on Friday (and ignore that Nunes said that in her first doctor visit, she was only checked for weight-cut issues and not sinusitis, her actual condition).
Let’s also assume White means what he said when he said Nunes is never going to headline again (we’ll shut off the part of our brain that instantly notes that Jon Jones is headlining UFC 214 in three weeks, just months after White said he’d never headline again).