“A division of literally no one”- Julianna Pena isn’t interested in going after Amanda Nunes’ featherweight title

“A division of literally no one”- Julianna Pena isn’t interested in going after Amanda Nunes’ featherweight title

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On an absolute stacked card in Dallas, Texas fight fans will witness the rematch between Julianna Pena and Amanda Nunes for the Bantamweight title.

While Pena and Nunes headline the card, the card has exciting matchups between Brando Moreno and Kai Kara-France for the interim flyweight title. The card also features Hometown brawler Derrick Lewis who is taking on Sergei Pavlovich. In their first meetup “The Venezuelan Vixen” snatched the title from the dominant double champ, regarded by many as G.O.A.T of women’s MMA in ‘The Lioness.’

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While the win launched The Venezuelan Vixen into stardom overnight. In the process of beating Nunes, The Venezuelan Vixen also broke the former champion’s 12-fight win streak which included title defenses.

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“I take it very seriously”- Julianna Pena isn’t underestimating Amanda Nunes for their rematch at UFC 277

UFC 269 Amanda Nunes vs Julianna Pena
Amanda Nunes vs Julianna Pena

Pena is confident that she’ll beat Amanda in the rematch as well, and many expect her to challenge Amanda for her second belt as well. Talking to the reporters on UFC 277 media day, she said, “It’s hard for me to predict what’s in the future. I just want to live presently at the moment, and presently I have a bigger, faster, stronger, new gym, better mental-state Amanda that’s going to be facing me on Saturday night, and I don’t take that lightly. I take it very seriously.”

“There’s nobody in the division. There’s really not,” Peña added. “It’s a division of who? Amanda? Who else? All the girls that have fought at ‘45 just went up in weight so they could have a shot at the belt, because they couldn’t get done at 135.”

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“It’s a division of literally no one. To me, it’s primarily people that either can’t make ‘35 or just want to cut the weight. The real fights are at 135. I’m already a champ-champ,” Pena concluded.

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