There’s nothing funny about what happened to the women’s flyweight championship fight at UFC 228, but Valentina Shevchenko is finding something to laugh about in the aftermath of what was supposed to be her shot at the belt.
The morning of last Friday’s weigh-ins, it was reported that Shevchenko’s opponent Nicco Montano had been taken to the hospital, an unfortunate occurrence that would eventually lead to their co-main event bout in Dallas being canceled and Montano being stripped of the title that she earned by winning season 26 of The Ultimate Fighter.