UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes fell ill hours before her scheduled UFC 213 main event fight with Valentina Shevchenko earlier this month, citing chronic sinusitis.
Nunes told Sportsnet Wednesday she is feeling “way better” now but added she is meeting with a specialist Thursday to determine a course of action to treat her condition. Nunes believes she will require surgery.
The 29-year-old Brazilian needs certain medications, however she is wary of the fact she is enrolled in the UFC’s United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) testing program.
“I have to see with the doctor what I’m going to do if it happens again the week of the fight because with USADA we have to be very careful with the medication,” Nunes said. “Tomorrow [at the appointment] I will see what I can do.”
There is not typically a lengthy recovery time associated with standard sinusitis surgeries, although Nunes can’t afford to sit out very long considering her fight with Shevchenko was rebooked as the co-main event for UFC 215, which takes place Sept. 9 in Edmonton.
Nunes insists she “will be 100 per cent soon” and it doesn’t appear at the moment her appearance at UFC 215 is in jeopardy.
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