Valentina Shevchenko will be out for nearly with an injury.

On Saturday, the UFC announced that Shevchenko is vacating her flyweight title, with Natalia Silva and Wang Cong fighting for the vacant belt in the main event of UFC 332 in Salt Lake City. The announcement came as a shock given that Shevchenko is one of the most dominant champions in UFC history, but the promotion said that Shevchenko will be out of action for nearly a year. And now we know why.

Per Telegram Ushatayka, Shevchenko’s coach, Pavel Fedotov, revealed that “Bullet” was supposed to fight Natalia Silva at UFC 332, but ligament damage to her back and shoulders forced Shevchenk