The Muay Thai specialist became a victim of circumstance on Saturday morning when UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes pulled out of the event just hours before her scheduled rematch against Shevchenko would’ve headlined UFC 213. Nunes cited an ultimately insurmountable battle with sinusitis as the culprit for her decision, but after hearing her rival’s explanation, Shevchenko isn’t buying what Nunes is selling.
“I don’t 100% believe that it’s true,” Shevchenko said Monday on The MMA Hour. “She’s trying to say that this was medical something, like with medicals because of her illness or something like this — because during all this week before the fight, [even] one day before the fight at weigh-ins, or the (open) workouts, everybody saw her in very good health, very aggressive.