Major changes have been made overnight to the UFC 230 card.
The event, scheduled to take place at Madison Square Garden in New York on November 3rd, was originally slated to be headlined by a flyweight title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Sijara Eubanks. That fight is now reportedly off. According to ESPN, Shevchenko will now fight Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 231 in Toronto on December 8th.
It will be replaced as the UFC 230 main event by a heavyweight title fight between Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis.
Challenger Lewis is just off the back of a dramatic win against Alexander Volkov at UFC 229 at the weekend.
NYC, we have your MAIN EVENT!
The HW strap is on the line as 🏆🏆 @DC_MMA faces off against @TheBeast_UFC at #UFC230. pic.twitter.com/Ltvka3j4H6— UFC (@ufc) October 9, 2018
Nate Diaz had been scheduled to fight Dustin Poirier in the co-main event. However, Poirier is said to have suffered an injury which leaves him unable to take part.
UFC president Dana White said that Diaz will not fight on November 3rd.
Nate Diaz definitely off UFC 230, Dana White tells me...
— Lance Pugmire (@pugboxing) October 10, 2018
