UFC 215

The UFC 215 fight card has experienced some shakeups, but the Edmonton, Alberta, crowd at Rogers Place will still be treated to the culmination of a bitter rivalry in the Amanda Nunes-Valentina Shevchenko main event. 

The pay-per-view was supposed to be anchored by Demetrious Johnson going for an 11th consecutive title defense in the flyweight division. However, opponent Ray Borg was forced to withdraw from the bout due to illness, per Brett Okamoto of ESPN. 

Add in the loss of the heavyweight clash between Francis Ngannou and Junior dos Santos due to a potential doping violation for JDS, and it's clear the card has taken a considerable hit.

"It wasn't weight related," Borg's nutritionist, Dr. Michelle Ingels of Perfecting Athletes, told MMA Fighting. "Ray has been getting progressively more sick each day this week and still wanted to fight so badly that he put on a game face and went to all of his fight week obligations.

"However, prior to beginning the bulk of his weight cut the UFC doctor examined Borg and concluded that he was too ill to fight this week and needed time to rest and get better."

The women's bantamweight title fight between Nunes vs Shevchenko 2 will now headline UFC 215. That bout had been canceled the day of the fight at UFC 213 in July when Nunes fell ill.

"UFC 215, which is now headlined by the women's bantamweight championship between Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko, will proceed as scheduled with 11 bouts at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Canada. Moving to the Pay-Per-View main card will be the flyweight bout between Henry Cejudo and Wilson Reis. Additionally, the Mitch Clarke and Alex White lightweight contest will now kick off the FS1 prelims.

"With the removal of , customers may request a full refund of purchased tickets at point of sale."

Perhaps most important of all, Johnson is seeking to tie the career record for most wins in UFC title fights (12, Georges St-Pierre). He’ll likely accomplish it by landing a takedown that leads to a submission.

In his career, he has 10 wins by submission, and his tally of 65 takedowns landed is the fourth most in UFC history, according to FightMetric.

His opponent also uses takedowns. Borg averages 2.7 takedowns per fight, according to FightMetric. And chances are, this fight will end early. This is Borg’s second career five-round fight, and he’s never fought into the championship rounds.