It appears that UFC has finally settled on a main event for the UFC 230 card on Nov. 3 at Madison Square Garden after weeks of anticipation and drama. And in the end, the headlining bout of the New York event is, without question, one that virtually no one saw coming. 

Former women's bantamweight title contender Valentina Shevchenko challenging for the vacant women's flyweight championship has been moved from the UFC 231 card in Toronto on Dec. 8 to the main event the MSG show, according to ESPN's Brett Okamoto. What's more, her opponent is no longer Joanna Jedrzejczyk, who Shevchenko was originally scheduled to fight in Toronto with the former women's strawweight champion moving up a division to create a fight fans were clamoring to see. Instead, Shevchenko will face off against the No. 4-ranked fighter in the division, Sijara Eubanks, to determine a new champion. 

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UFC president Dana White confirmed Okamoto's report, telling the ESPN reporter that the main event is a "done deal." However, Okamoto notes that he was told a miscommunication has occurred, leading to one of the fighters not signing the agreement to make the main event official as of yet. 

News of this women's flyweight championship title taking center stage at UFC 230 seemingly brings an end to any hopes of seeing history take place in the main event. Nate Diaz vs. Dustin Poirier has already been announced as part of the undercard, and as of late, both men have been making a push for the promotion to introduce a 165-pound division into the fold, beginning with them deciding the inaugural champion in the main event. Most were behind the idea, seeing as it's long been obvious that a division in between lightweight (155 pounds) and welterweight (170 pounds) may do some wonders for UFC in the future. Well, most everyone believed in the possibility -- except White and UFC, apparently. 

Shevchenko (15-3) will enter the UFC 230 main event on the heels of making quite the statement in her return to the flyweight division back in February. After unsuccessfully challenging Amanda Nunes for the bantamweight title at UFC 215 last September, Shevchenko put the division on notice with a demolition of Priscila Cachoeira at UFC Fight Night 135. The win earned her a title shot against inaugural champion Nicco Montano, and that bout was scheduled to take place at UFC 228 last month in Dallas. Unfortunately, Montano pulled out the day before the event and was subsequently stripped of the title, creating the current vacancy. 

While Shevchenko at least carries some name recognition with her into this headliner, the same cannot be said about her opponent in this championship fight. This will mark just the sixth professional fight for Eubanks (3-2), and only her second as a competitor signed to the UFC roster. The 33-year-old made her debut for the promotion this past June at UFC Fight Night 131, earning a unanimous decision victory over Lauren Murphy.