Amanda Nunes didn’t get her chance to be a two-division UFC champ this time, but at least on Cris Cyborg’s end, it appears that’s not entirely out of question.

On Wednesday UFC women’s featherweight champion Cyborg (18-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) was announced as the main event for UFC 222, where she’ll meet Invicta FC’s 135-pound champ, Yana Kunitskaya (10-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC). The unexpected announcement put an end – or at least a pause – to talks of a champ vs. champ meeting between fellow Brazilians Nunes (15-4 MMA, 8-1 UFC) and Cyborg.

This new headliner is a replacement for another title bout; before an injury struck, men’s featherweight champ Max Holloway was booked against Frankie Edgar.

As the champ typically does, Cyborg took to social media this morning to shed some light on the booking.

In two Instagram stories, posted in both her native Portuguese and English, Cyborg explained she stepped up to help the card after it took a major shot. She also appeased 135-pound champ Nunes, who’d been enthusiastic in expressing her interest in the possibility of becoming the first woman to hold two belts in the UFC:

“Amanda, don’t worry,” Cyborg said, tagging all the fighters she mentioned. “(You) have girls coming for you, like (Cat Zingano) and (Ketlen Vieira). Our fight is still on the table for July.”

Nunes, however, doesn’t seem about to just sit around and wait. While there wasn’t much clarification there, she did tweet out that she just wanted her fight to be announced. That would seem to suggest, of course, there is something to be announced (via Twitter):

Although a follow-up tweet with a GIF of a fighting cat could be interpreted as a hint, as of now Zingano (9-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) remains booked against Ketlen Vieira (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) at UFC 222. Late on Wednesday, MMA reporter Damon Martin said Raquel Pennington (9-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) is under consideration for Nunes (via Twitter):

Even if the Nunes fight is confirmed, depending on the date – and on wins, of course – this could very well mean Nunes, Brazil’s first female UFC champ, will get another shot at making history.

The March 3 headliner will mean quick turnaround for Cyborg, who’s coming off her first UFC title defense, a unanimous-decision win over Holly Holm, on Dec. 30. Kunitskaya, who took Invicta FC’s vacant belt in August, was set to have her UFC debut against Leah Letson on the same event before getting the significant step-up in competition.

Nunes, in turn, hasn’t fought since September, when she took a split decision over Valentina Shevchenko to keep her belt.

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