Saturday afternoon the MMA community was stunned to learn that just hours before she was scheduled to step into the Octagon to fight Valentina Shevchenko, Amanda Nunes had been pulled from the card after being hospitalized.
Without missing a beat, UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk offered to step in and fight Shevchenko on short notice given that she was already in Las Vegas. Jedrzejczyk took to social media in an attempt to pressure the UFC to help her get cleared to fight on short notice.
I spoke with @danawhite and the @ufc – we are going to try and make this fight happen! #ufc213
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Valentina Shevchenko then took to social media to accept Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s challenge, and even attempted to up the stakes!
Let's do this today ! 👊👊👊 #Repost @danawhite
Nunes is out and @joannajedrzejczyk is begging us to let her fight @bulletvalentina tonight! pic.twitter.com/m8mtDJTwek— Valentina Shevchenko (@BulletValentina) July 8, 2017
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.@danawhite @joannamma said she is ready to fight today.
I am ready now 100%!
Let's do it for the title belt in 125 lbs. Today!#UFC213 pic.twitter.com/QQWXiQdgVI— Valentina Shevchenko (@BulletValentina) July 8, 2017
This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 7/8/2017.