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After Dillashaw was stripped of his bantamweight title and suspended for a USADA violation, Cejudo and Marlon Moraes were selected to fight for the vacant belt at UFC 238 in June, and it was Cejudo becoming the newest double champ after his third-round TKO of his opponent. In the co-feature in Chicago, Valentina Shevchenko knocked out Jessica Eye to retain her women’s flyweight crown.
To end June, Ngannou took out another former heavyweight champion, as he halted Junior Dos Santos in 71 seconds in Minneapolis, and then it was off to International Fight Week, where Jones decisioned Thiago Santos, Nunes knocked out Holly Holm, and Masvidal stole the show with the fastest knockout in UFC history, as he needed just five seconds to finish Askren.
It was a star-studded cast joining the UFC Hall of Fame during IFW, with Michael Bisping, Rashad Evans, Rich Franklin and the fight between Diego Sanchez and Clay Guida all getting their place with the greats.
The month ended with Max Holloway and Cris Cyborg successfully defending their titles against Frankie Edgar and Felicia Spencer, respectively, and in August it was Shevchenko doing the same against Liz Carmouche.