Julianna Peña Says Amanda Nunes Deserves Immediate Rematch
One rumor for UFC 269 is for heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou to go toe-to-toe with Cyril Gane, in what could be a clash for the ages. The French heavyweight defeated Derrick Lewis at UFC 265, claiming the interim heavyweight title in the process. Peña needs to push a pace and force Nunes to work early and often, even if Peña is getting her back turned to the cage where she’s forced to defend. So long as Peña can stay out of trouble from big power shots JULIANNA PENA and make Nunes work, she has a path to victory late in the fight since Nunes tires the more that she’s forced to grapple. Despite the aura of greatness surrounding Nunes — a few brave bettors are willing to stand against her in each fight. “The Lioness” is a prominent physical presence at 135, but she can slow down if her opponents survive the championship rounds, during which point she grapples and turns into a wet blanket on top for the duration.
The outcome, though, complicated the U.F.C.’s plans for a hypothetical blockbuster. Had Nunes won, her next fight would most likely have been against Kayla Harrison, a champion in the Professional Fighters League. White said in a phone interview last week that he and other U.F.C. officials met with Harrison on Thursday night. Our news platform is now an integral part of the CaptainGambling family — the best place to find the latest and greatest US sports betting bonuses. Amanda Nunes, regarded overwhelmingly as the greatest women's UFC fighter of all time, is back in the ring to take on Julianna Pena tonight. As far as her first title defense is concerned, it could very well come against Nunes since Dana White has thrown out the idea of an immediate rematch, one “Lioness” has already confirmed she’s ready to take part in.
Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 11, 2021, with two exciting world championship fights and a bantamweight banger guaranteed to deliver fireworks. Lightweight champion, Charles Oliveira, will seek his first successful title defense when he faces the No. 1 ranked contender, Dustin Poirier, in the main pay-per-view event broadcast on ESPN +. The pair were originally scheduled to meet in the UFC 265 co-main event on Aug. 7 in Houston, Texas. Just days before the event, Nunes tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw from the bout. Instead of trying to find a short-notice replacement for Pena, the fight promotion opted to rescheduled the match-up at a later date. While we don’t yet know the venue or location of UFC 269, we know the date and that the fight card will contain at least one world title bout.
What Pena does so well is she uses a lot of striking pressure and aggressive forward movement to bully her way into the clinch. Read on for our Nunes vs. Pena predictions, staff picks, and betting odds for this UFC 269 co-main event. Brazilian fighter Charles Oliveira enter the Octagon in his lightweight title fight against Dustin Poirier to successfully defend his title. Oliveira set the UFC record for stoppage victories by beating Michael Chandler with punches, and his finish of Poirier increased the record to 18.
She averages 2.5 takedowns per fight and defends them at an 84% clip. Overall, Nunes has finished 17 of her 21 wins; and, recently, finished a fight by reverse triangle armbar in 2 minutes flat. Nunes’ preferred path to victory is to force her opponent to make a mistake and then finish the fight.
Nunes not really looking to punish Pena from this position and that’s a clear win for Pena. Much the same could be said of the 2007 upset authored by Matt Serra, who was a +850 underdog on the night he knocked out the great Georges St-Pierre. Peña lost Round 1, but was able to avoid taking any significant damage. However in Round 2, she completely turned the tide when she poured the pressure on Nunes, backing her up with a flurry of punches. Peña proceeded to take down a fatigued Nunes and submitted her as soon as she wrapped her arms around her neck for a rear-naked choke. With Nunes having just one finish in the championship rounds over Raquel Pennington in 2018, Cyborg thinks the former dual-champ is no longer a threat after Round 1.
Nunes is undefeated since 2014 and has remained bantamweight champion since defeating Miesha Tate at UFC 200 in July 2016. Most recently, Nunes defeated Megan Anderson via first-round submission to defend her featherweight title. Few opponents had even given her a stiff challenge since her second victory over current flyweight champ Valentina Shevchenko by split decision in 2017. Pena entered this fight with a 10-4 pro-MMA record and had gone 2-2 in her last four fights to get here. She lost to Valentina Shevchenko by submission in January 2017 before getting a decision win over Nicco Montaño, but dropped a loss to Germaine de Randamie by decision in October 2020.
"For a Kayla Harrison, the Amanda Nunes fight was huge," he said. By the middle of the round, the defending champ looked to be fading, and that only emboldened the challenger. After backing up Nunes with her strikes, Peña took the fight to the canvas and immediately locked in a rear-naked choke. “I don’t feel like Julianna did any submission because she didn’t have a submission the way she finished the fight,” Cyborg said. “I feel like Amanda Nunes at one point, she sees she cannot finish and Julianna Peña continued going forward and she tapped. I don’t know what was passing through her mind in the second round because when you’re going to fight for the title, you’re ready for seven rounds, and that was the second.
Julianna Pena defeated Sara McMann, by submission, in her last fight on Jan. 24, 2021. Amanda Nunes defeated Megan Anderson, by submission, in her last fight on March 6, 2021. The UFC 269 prelims and early prelims will be available to watch for free via ESPN+. If you do not have an ESPN+ account, you can click here to get it!
She is coming off two featherweight title defences - Felicia Spencer via unanimous decision and Megan Anderson via submission. This will be the seventh defence of her bantamweight title which she lasted defended in 2019 when she cleaned Holly Holm’s clock with a head kick. UFC 269 airs Saturday evening with a 14-fight card capped by a pair of title fights. Charles Oliveira puts his lightweight title on the line against No. 1 contender Dustin Poirier in the main event and Amanda Nunes puts her bantamweight title on the line against Julianna Peña in the co-main event. UFC 269 will take place live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
You heard it at the press conference, you heard it in the months leading up to this fight — and she did it. That’s one of the things that makes this sport so incredible. UFC has made the official announcement today, regarding the bantamweight championship fight between the champion Amanda Nunes and the challenger Julianna Pena. The pair was previously booked to fight at UFC 265 in August but the booking got scrapped of the card as Amanda tested positive for COVID-19. The duo has had quite an interaction on social media and in their recent interviews, Pena was the one who called out Nunes after her last win and UFC president Dana White agreed to make this matchup. The venue for the UFC 269 card has yet to be determined, and it’s unclear whether or not Nunes vs. Pena will be the main event on the card.
If Nunes accepts a rematch with Pena, however, that will take priority. And if she wins, the UFC would likely push for a trilogy. That could move a potential Harrison-Nunes fight well into the future. She had not lost a fight since 2014, and she owns victories over the greatest in women's MMA history. Not a soul on Earth would have disputed the 33-year-old Brazilian's claim as the GOAT.
The outcome, though, complicated the U.F.C.’s plans for a hypothetical blockbuster. Had Nunes won, her next fight would most likely have been against Kayla Harrison, a champion in the Professional Fighters League. White said in a phone interview last week that he and other U.F.C. officials met with Harrison on Thursday night. Our news platform is now an integral part of the CaptainGambling family — the best place to find the latest and greatest US sports betting bonuses. Amanda Nunes, regarded overwhelmingly as the greatest women's UFC fighter of all time, is back in the ring to take on Julianna Pena tonight. As far as her first title defense is concerned, it could very well come against Nunes since Dana White has thrown out the idea of an immediate rematch, one “Lioness” has already confirmed she’s ready to take part in.
Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 11, 2021, with two exciting world championship fights and a bantamweight banger guaranteed to deliver fireworks. Lightweight champion, Charles Oliveira, will seek his first successful title defense when he faces the No. 1 ranked contender, Dustin Poirier, in the main pay-per-view event broadcast on ESPN +. The pair were originally scheduled to meet in the UFC 265 co-main event on Aug. 7 in Houston, Texas. Just days before the event, Nunes tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw from the bout. Instead of trying to find a short-notice replacement for Pena, the fight promotion opted to rescheduled the match-up at a later date. While we don’t yet know the venue or location of UFC 269, we know the date and that the fight card will contain at least one world title bout.
What Pena does so well is she uses a lot of striking pressure and aggressive forward movement to bully her way into the clinch. Read on for our Nunes vs. Pena predictions, staff picks, and betting odds for this UFC 269 co-main event. Brazilian fighter Charles Oliveira enter the Octagon in his lightweight title fight against Dustin Poirier to successfully defend his title. Oliveira set the UFC record for stoppage victories by beating Michael Chandler with punches, and his finish of Poirier increased the record to 18.
She averages 2.5 takedowns per fight and defends them at an 84% clip. Overall, Nunes has finished 17 of her 21 wins; and, recently, finished a fight by reverse triangle armbar in 2 minutes flat. Nunes’ preferred path to victory is to force her opponent to make a mistake and then finish the fight.
Nunes not really looking to punish Pena from this position and that’s a clear win for Pena. Much the same could be said of the 2007 upset authored by Matt Serra, who was a +850 underdog on the night he knocked out the great Georges St-Pierre. Peña lost Round 1, but was able to avoid taking any significant damage. However in Round 2, she completely turned the tide when she poured the pressure on Nunes, backing her up with a flurry of punches. Peña proceeded to take down a fatigued Nunes and submitted her as soon as she wrapped her arms around her neck for a rear-naked choke. With Nunes having just one finish in the championship rounds over Raquel Pennington in 2018, Cyborg thinks the former dual-champ is no longer a threat after Round 1.
Nunes is undefeated since 2014 and has remained bantamweight champion since defeating Miesha Tate at UFC 200 in July 2016. Most recently, Nunes defeated Megan Anderson via first-round submission to defend her featherweight title. Few opponents had even given her a stiff challenge since her second victory over current flyweight champ Valentina Shevchenko by split decision in 2017. Pena entered this fight with a 10-4 pro-MMA record and had gone 2-2 in her last four fights to get here. She lost to Valentina Shevchenko by submission in January 2017 before getting a decision win over Nicco Montaño, but dropped a loss to Germaine de Randamie by decision in October 2020.
"For a Kayla Harrison, the Amanda Nunes fight was huge," he said. By the middle of the round, the defending champ looked to be fading, and that only emboldened the challenger. After backing up Nunes with her strikes, Peña took the fight to the canvas and immediately locked in a rear-naked choke. “I don’t feel like Julianna did any submission because she didn’t have a submission the way she finished the fight,” Cyborg said. “I feel like Amanda Nunes at one point, she sees she cannot finish and Julianna Peña continued going forward and she tapped. I don’t know what was passing through her mind in the second round because when you’re going to fight for the title, you’re ready for seven rounds, and that was the second.
Julianna Pena defeated Sara McMann, by submission, in her last fight on Jan. 24, 2021. Amanda Nunes defeated Megan Anderson, by submission, in her last fight on March 6, 2021. The UFC 269 prelims and early prelims will be available to watch for free via ESPN+. If you do not have an ESPN+ account, you can click here to get it!
She is coming off two featherweight title defences - Felicia Spencer via unanimous decision and Megan Anderson via submission. This will be the seventh defence of her bantamweight title which she lasted defended in 2019 when she cleaned Holly Holm’s clock with a head kick. UFC 269 airs Saturday evening with a 14-fight card capped by a pair of title fights. Charles Oliveira puts his lightweight title on the line against No. 1 contender Dustin Poirier in the main event and Amanda Nunes puts her bantamweight title on the line against Julianna Peña in the co-main event. UFC 269 will take place live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
You heard it at the press conference, you heard it in the months leading up to this fight — and she did it. That’s one of the things that makes this sport so incredible. UFC has made the official announcement today, regarding the bantamweight championship fight between the champion Amanda Nunes and the challenger Julianna Pena. The pair was previously booked to fight at UFC 265 in August but the booking got scrapped of the card as Amanda tested positive for COVID-19. The duo has had quite an interaction on social media and in their recent interviews, Pena was the one who called out Nunes after her last win and UFC president Dana White agreed to make this matchup. The venue for the UFC 269 card has yet to be determined, and it’s unclear whether or not Nunes vs. Pena will be the main event on the card.
If Nunes accepts a rematch with Pena, however, that will take priority. And if she wins, the UFC would likely push for a trilogy. That could move a potential Harrison-Nunes fight well into the future. She had not lost a fight since 2014, and she owns victories over the greatest in women's MMA history. Not a soul on Earth would have disputed the 33-year-old Brazilian's claim as the GOAT.
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