A Women’s Bantamweight Championship fight between titleholder Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko is set to headlined UFC 213.
ESPN’s Brett Okamoto broke the news on Twitter.
Per @danawhite, UFC 213 headliner is Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko. Romero, Whittaker co-main. Second July in a row Nunes headlines.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) May 24, 2017
Nunes (14-4) is coming off the biggest win of her career, a first round stoppage victory over Ronda Rousey. That win was her fifth consecutive time getting her hands raised inside the octagon, with Shayna Baszler, Sara McMann, Valentina Shevchenko and Miesha Tate being her other victims.
Shevchenko (14-2) has only lost once in the UFC, and that defeat came to Nunes. This fight will be a rematch of their UFC 196 encounter, where Nunes took a unanimous decision win. Since that scrap, “Bullet” has defeated Holly Holm and Julianna Pena.
UFC 213 takes place live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 8, 2017.
