Hindsight - UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko in retrospect

UFC 215 is going to have a permanent stink around it for a couple of reasons. It lost two very high-profile contests in Junior dos Santos-Francis Ngannou and Demetrious Johnson-Ray Borg, and having the main event drop less than 48 hours before the event certainly didn’t help. The cancellation elevated Amanda Nunes’ defense of her bantamweight title against Valentina Shevchenko to the main event, offering the champion a chance at redemption after pulling out of UFC 213 on the same day. The opportunity was there, but she didn’t make good on it as the ladies put on a strategic performance that did little to satisfy the bloodlust of the “Just Bleed” fans with Nunes retaining her belt. Though the rest of the card was actually very entertaining and full of upsets, those performances are likely to be forgotten in the annals of MMA history.

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