{"id":244114,"date":"2017-07-11T08:20:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T15:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=244114"},"modified":"2017-07-11T08:21:20","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T15:21:20","slug":"valentina-shevchenko-doesnt-believe-amanda-nunes-excuses-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/valentina-shevchenko\/valentina-shevchenko-doesnt-believe-amanda-nunes-excuses-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentina Shevchenko doesn&#8217;t believe Amanda Nunes&#8217; excuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If things had gone according to plan, Valentina Shevchenko would have battled Amanda Nunes for UFC bantamweight gold in the main event of UFC 213 last Saturday. Unfortunately, Nunes was forced out of the bout with an illness at the last minute \u2013 at least, that&#8217;s her story.<\/p>\n<p>Shevchenko is not so sure about Nunes&#8217; story. She shared her <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-white-rips-amanda-nunes-suggests-champs-ufc-213-withdrawal-mostly-mental\/\">doubts<\/a> on Monday&#8217;s edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/7\/10\/15949224\/valentina-shevchenko-doesnt-100-percent-believe-amanda-nunes-is-telling-truth-about-ufc-213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"TKkxnR\"><em>\u201cI don\u2019t 100% believe that it\u2019s true,\u201d Shevchenko said (via MMAFighting.com). \u201cShe\u2019s trying to say that this was medical something, like with medicals because of her illness or something like this \u2014 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. And even at the weigh-ins, she was saying, \u2018I\u2019m ready to give this fight, very good fight and take the victory,\u2019 saying and doing all things aggressive like she did.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"ZrkTuS\"><em>\u201cThen after weigh-ins, the day of the fight, she [pulls] out, she says, \u2018okay, I was feeling bad all week.\u2019 But at the same time she was saying, every time, that she was feeling very strong and prepared for the fight.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Shevchenko has her doubts, Nunes has assured she was down for the count with a bout of chronic sinusitis. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/amanda-nunes\/amanda-nunes-coach-goes-dumb-people-criticized-ufc-213-withdrawal\/\">Her coach, Conan Silveira, also defended her honor<\/a>, blasting fighters like Shevchenko who believe Nunes is scared.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"cpnYZ2\"><em>\u201cEven fighters (were) saying she was scared,\u201d\u00a0Silveira told MMAFighting.com. \u201cAmanda is not scared of anyone. She retired\u00a0Miesha Tate, she retired\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/ronda-rousey\/\">Ronda Rousey<\/a>. Not to mention that she already beat Valentina by unanimous decision. How did she become scared now? Know the facts before you have your opinion.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What do you make of Amanda Nunes&#8217; UFC 213 withdrawal? Do you share Valentina Shevchenko&#8217;s skepticism?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 7\/11\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If things had gone according to plan, Valentina Shevchenko would have battled Amanda Nunes for UFC bantamweight gold in the main event of UFC 213 last Saturday. Unfortunately, Nunes was forced out of the bout with an illness at the last minute \u2013 at least, that&#8217;s her story. 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