Julianna Pena is next in line for Amanda Nunes.
Between the 2 skilled bantamweights, they’ve a pair of celebrated opponents. Yet for “The Venezuelan Vixen,” one, in particular, stands out the most.
“Masses of folks thunder, ‘Properly, she acquired the title fight from talking sh*t,” Pena lately acknowledged on The Perimeter with Adam Morrison (h/t MMANews.com). “I’m adore, ‘No, I didn’t rep the title shot from talking sh*t. I’m speaking my truth. I’m telling you what came about. I used to be 7-0 when [Nunes] didn’t must fight me. You beat Miesha Tate that night time (at UFC 200), and I beat Cat Zingano, who freakin’ actually made you curl up in the fetal dwelling and the ref needed to pull you off. You quit. I didn’t quit. I beat her. And he or she stomped a mudhole in you.
“So it’s adore, I’m now not trying to chat sh*t. I’m ravishing announcing facts of what I noticed, and what I in actuality possess carried out, and my expertise. I came motivate from a knee harm. I came motivate from having a toddler. I’ve quiet been in a living to determine on out at the supreme stage. I’ve dropped fights to Valentina [Shevchenko] and to Germaine [de Randamie], however with that being acknowledged, you possess been fighting those ladies if you fought them. I used to be dominating both of them sooner than I, myself, acquired caught for being a freakin’ dumbass.”
With the select over Cat Zingano coming at UFC 200 for Pena (10-4), Nunes’ (21-4) loss was two years prior at UFC 178. The loss is Nunes’ final on her story and since then she’s gone on to solidify herself as one of the finest warring parties ever at some level of this 12-fight winning chase. Pena is 2-2 since UFC 200 alongside with her latest select coming over Sara McMann in January.
Nunes will defend her bantamweight crown for the precious time since December 2019 when she and Pena meet at UFC 265 on August 7.
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