Germaine de Randamie vs. Julianna Pena Slated For October 3 Event

De Randamie PenaA pivotal women’s bantamweight bout between Germaine de Randamie and Julianna Pena is in the works for the UFC’s upcoming Fight Night event on October 3. That’s according to MMA Fighting who confirmed the fight with multiple sources that stated verbal agreements are in place. An official announcement should be expected soon. De Randamie hasn’t […]

De Randamie Pena

A pivotal women’s bantamweight bout between Germaine de Randamie and Julianna Pena is in the works for the UFC’s upcoming Fight Night event on October 3.

That’s according to MMA Fighting who confirmed the fight with multiple sources that stated verbal agreements are in place. An official announcement should be expected soon.

De Randamie hasn’t competed since suffering a unanimous decision defeat to Amanda Nunes in their bantamweight title fight at UFC 245 last December. It snapped a five-fight winning streak for the former kickboxer whose previous loss before that came to Nunes as well back in 2013.

Pena, meanwhile, will look to return to title contention.

The 30-year-old only returned to action for the first time since January 2017 last year when she outpointed Nicco Montano in July. Overall, she is 5-1 with the UFC with her only setback coming to current flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko.

A win over de Randamie could put Pena in position to challenge Nunes for the 135-pound title next, though Irene Aldana is also in with a shout should he defeat Holly Holm whenever their bout is rescheduled.

Nunes most recently defended her featherweight title against Felicia Spencer at UFC 250 last month and is expected to only return to action next year.

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Amanda Nunes Dominates Germaine de Randamie – UFC 245 Highlights

Amanda Nunes remains a two-weight UFC champion. Nunes successfully defended her women’s bantamweight title after a lopsided unanimous decision victory over Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245 on Saturday. “The Lioness” utilized a wrestling game throughout the five rounds and although she did suffer a slight scare when de Randamie locked in a triangle armbar […]

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Amanda Nunes remains a two-weight UFC champion.

Nunes successfully defended her women’s bantamweight title after a lopsided unanimous decision victory over Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245 on Saturday.

“The Lioness” utilized a wrestling game throughout the five rounds and although she did suffer a slight scare when de Randamie locked in a triangle armbar choke, Nunes was mostly untroubled during the 25 minutes.

With that, she improved to 19-4 and has now won an impressive 10 fights in a row to further consolidate her place as the greatest women’s fighter of all time.

You can watch the highlights below:

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UFC 245 Highlights: Amanda Nunes Outpoints Germaine de Randamie

Amanda Nunes vs. Germaine de Randamie was an interesting fight at UFC 245.  The two fighters met in a women’s bantamweight title bout at the UFC 245 pay-per-view event on Saturday night (December 14, 2019) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev…

Amanda Nunes vs. Germaine de Randamie was an interesting fight at UFC 245.  The two fighters met in a women’s bantamweight title bout at the UFC 245 pay-per-view event on Saturday night (December 14, 2019) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was a back and forth fight both on the feet and […]

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Amanda Nunes Bests Germaine de Randamie To Retain Title – UFC 245 Results

Next up on the UFC 245 main card is the first of three title fights featuring a women’s bantamweight championship bout between Amanda Nunes and Germaine de Randamie. Round 1: Nunes misses with a leg kick. De Randamie lands her own. Nunes lands a right that draws the challenger back. De Randamie lands another leg […]

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Next up on the UFC 245 main card is the first of three title fights featuring a women’s bantamweight championship bout between Amanda Nunes and Germaine de Randamie.

Round 1: Nunes misses with a leg kick. De Randamie lands her own. Nunes lands a right that draws the challenger back. De Randamie lands another leg kick. Nunes catches an attempted body kick but is unable to hurt de Randamie. Nunes takes De Randamie down. De Randamie gets up and Nunes locks in the guillotine but de Randamie escapes as they clinch up. Nunes separates and takes her down again and lands ground and pound. De Randamie tries to respond with up kicks but Nunes enters her guard. Nunes gets up before starting to ground and pound the challenger again. She moves to side control and transitions to an arm triangle. De Randamie survives and appears to land an upkick but Nunes is not fazed. Big round for the champion.

Round 2: The fight is taken to the ground with Nunes on top. However, after some inactivity, the referee stands them up. De Randamie lands with a question mark kick that gets the crowd to react. De Randamie unloads a flurry and lands a big knee to Nunes’ face. They clinch up and De Randamie lands another knee to Nunes’ face. This is the most trouble the champion has been in in recent times. Nunes counters with a takedown and controls de Randamie for the rest of the round.

Round 3: De Randamie lands some leg kicks before catching Nunes with a right. The fight is taken to the ground by Nunes again. Nunes traps the right arm of de Randamie while she’s in half guard. She releases her arm and starts to land more ground and pound. She lands some elbows but de Randamie is still in this. Nunes stands up but is caught with up kicks. She still seems fine though, as she continues to land ground and pound. De Randamie grabs Nunes’ leg and gets up. She attempts a takedown but Nunes sprawls to end the round.

Round 4: Nunes takes De Randamie down again. It’s clear that she doesn’t want to strike with her for long periods of time. De Randamie responds with a triangle armbar choke after being on the bottom for a while, however, Nunes escapes after a scare and takes her down again. That was the chance for de Randamie as she gets controlled for the rest of the round.

Round 5: Nunes takes de Randamie down again and attempts to ground and pound. The rest of the round is with Nunes on top who controls the challenger throughout.

Official result: Amanda Nunes defeats Germaine de Randamie via unanimous decision (49-44, 49-46, 49-45).

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UFC 245 Fight Card: PPV Schedule, Odds and Predictions for Usman vs. Covington

On paper, UFC 245 appears to be the crown jewel of UFC’s 2019 offerings. The organization will close out this year’s pay-per-view schedule with a championship triple-header that …

On paper, UFC 245 appears to be the crown jewel of UFC’s 2019 offerings. The organization will close out this year’s pay-per-view schedule with a championship triple-header that …

Germaine De Randamie Explains Why Nunes Fight is At 135, Not 145

Former UFC featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie believes that all the pressure is on Amanda Nunes ahead of the bantamweight championship bout at tonight’s UFC 245. Amanda Nunes has been the UFC women’s bantamweight champion for over three years,…

Former UFC featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie believes that all the pressure is on Amanda Nunes ahead of the bantamweight championship bout at tonight’s UFC 245. Amanda Nunes has been the UFC women’s bantamweight champion for over three years, and she has now established herself as a perennial favorite, including over Germane de Randamie, where […]

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