After the main event between Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko was cancelled, due to Nunes being cleared by doctors and not 'feeling well', UFC 213 felt slightly wobbly as an overall card.
— Amanda Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) July 9, 2017
Quite fittingly, all but one of the main card fights ended in a decision but somewhat fortunately the new main event of Yoel Romero and Robert Whittaker delivered.
Anthony Pettis defeats Jim Miller via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27 and 30-27)
In his first fight lightweight fight since April 2016, Anthony Pettis (now 20-6 MMA, 7-5 UFC) defeated Jim Miller (now 28-10 (1 No Contest) MMA, 17-9 (1 No Contest) UFC) in a fight which he dominated but couldn't get the knockout.
Pettis clearly wanted to go back to his old 'ShowTime' roots and subsequently gave the lightweight division a boost.
Alistair Overeem defeats Fabricio Werdum via majority decision (28-28, 29-28 and 29-28)
Alistair Overeem (now 43-15 (1 No Contest) MMA, 8-4 (1 No Contest) UFC) defeated old rival Fabricio Werdum (now 21-7-1 MMA, 7-2 UFC) to win their trilogy of fights.
The fight wasn't particularly the most thrilling, as UFC President Dana White himself suggested when he downplayed it in the post-fight press conference, and it also doesn't seem likely that Overeem will receive a rematch against the heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic (17-2 MMA, 11-2 UFC).
Robert Whittaker defeats Yoel Romero via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47 and 48-47) to become the Interim Middleweight Champion
Robert Whittaker (now 19-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC) defeated Yoel Romero (now 13-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) in what was later awarded the fight of the night to become the Interim Middleweight champion.
For the majority of the fight, Whittaker had to fight with practically one leg after Romero stamped on the Australian in the opening minute but despite this physical bother, Whittaker fought back via relentless strikes and clever takedown defences to edge the Cuban and set up a blockbuster fight with undisputed champion Michael Bisping (30-7 MMA, 20-7 UFC).
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