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Julianna Peña Predicts Amanda Nunes Replay: ‘We’re Gonna See Who Has The Bigger Ovaries’

Julianna PeñaUFC bantamweight champion, Julianna Peña has claimed that her upcoming UFC 277 headlining rematch with featherweight titleholder, Amanda Nunes – will determine who has “the bigger ovaries” between the division duo. Turning in one of the biggest upset victories in the history of the sport back in December, Washington native, Peña managed to survive and […]

Julianna Peña

UFC bantamweight champion, Julianna Peña has claimed that her upcoming UFC 277 headlining rematch with featherweight titleholder, Amanda Nunes – will determine who has “the bigger ovaries” between the division duo.

Turning in one of the biggest upset victories in the history of the sport back in December, Washington native, Peña managed to survive and rally from a tough first round against Nunes – wobbling the Brazilian on the feet in the second round, before latching onto a rear-naked choke – sans hooks. 

Immediately booking a rematch against the Brazilian, Peña and Nunes shared a season as the head coaches on The Ultimate Fighter 30 – with the bantamweight championship re-run between the pair set to top this weekend’s UFC 277 pay-per-view card from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Julianna Peña bills herself and Amanda Nunes as the current best fighters in the world

Previewing the ‘Lone Star State’ rematch, Peña claimed that this weekend’s replay against Nunes will determine, once and for all, who has the “biggest ovaries” between both – as she bills the matchup as a clash of the two best female mixed martial artists on the global currently. 

“At the end of the day, Amanda (Nunes) and I are the two best fighters in the world,” Julianna Peña told assembled media during her UFC 277 media availability. “You’re literally getting the two best fighters in the world that are going to collide on Saturday night.”

“I can’t tell you that I’m going to pull a rabbit out of the hat,” Julianna Peña continued. “I can just tell you that I’m going to stand there, toe-to-toe with the best in the world. And I’m going to give my best, and we’re going to see whose ovaries are bigger. I’m willing to bet that that’s me.”

Peña’s stunning upset victory over Bahia native, Nunes, snapped a spectacular six-year undefeated run for Nunes atop the bantamweight and featherweight thrones – as well as coming as her first loss in a whopping 12-fight undefeated spree.

UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 Odds, Predictions and Pre-Weigh-In Hype

Amanda Nunes will get a shot at redemption against Julianna Pena in the main event of UFC 277 from Dallas. The first time the two met, Pena pulled off one of…

Amanda Nunes will get a shot at redemption against Julianna Pena in the main event of UFC 277 from Dallas. The first time the two met, Pena pulled off one of…

Julianna Peña Tried Locking Nunes In Room With Live Bear

The Ultimate Fighter typically doesn’t have the same kind of wild antics it featured in early seasons, but Julianna Peña claims she at least made an attempt to spice things up on the show’s 30th season. Speaking to the media ahead of her rematch …

The Ultimate Fighter typically doesn’t have the same kind of wild antics it featured in early seasons, but Julianna Peña claims she at least made an attempt to spice things up on the show’s 30th season. Speaking to the media ahead of her rematch with Amanda Nunes at UFC 277, the women’s bantamweight champion revealed…

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Julianna Peña Recalls Catching Nunes ‘Spying” On Her In Practice

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Julianna Peña has revealed how she knows that she’s firmly inside the head of upcoming opponent Amanda Nunes. Last December, Peña delivered a performance that not only upset the odds, but proved the majorit…

UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Julianna Peña has revealed how she knows that she’s firmly inside the head of upcoming opponent Amanda Nunes. Last December, Peña delivered a performance that not only upset the odds, but proved the majority of fans, pundits, and fighters wrong. Against most expectations, “The Venezuelan Vixen” backed up her pre-UFC 269…

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Amanda Nunes Previews UFC 277 Return, Julianna Peña Rematch: ‘I Gotta Get My Sh*t Together’

Amanda NunesUFC featherweight champion, Amanda Nunes has admitted that she needed to reignite a missing spark inside of her ahead of this weekend’s pivotal bantamweight title rematch against champion, Julianna Peña at UFC 277, admitting that she likely lost the hunger from years gone by. Nunes, the first female two-weight champion in the history of the […]

Amanda Nunes

UFC featherweight champion, Amanda Nunes has admitted that she needed to reignite a missing spark inside of her ahead of this weekend’s pivotal bantamweight title rematch against champion, Julianna Peña at UFC 277, admitting that she likely lost the hunger from years gone by.

Nunes, the first female two-weight champion in the history of the UFC, suffered a hugely shocking, upset loss to Peña back in December in the co-main event of UFC 269, dropping her undisputed bantamweight championship courtesy of a second round rear-naked choke.

The loss snapped an undefeated run of six years and 12 straight fights for the Brazilian veteran, while she also decided to part ways from long-time home base, American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida – a facility she joined following her other promotional loss to Cat Zingano. 

Previewing her return to the Octagon on Saturday at UFC 277 in Dallas, Texas against Peña, Nunes admitted that she got “comfortable” as the defending division champion.

“I feel like sometimes Dana (White) says something and people really pick the little parts that’s gonna make him look bad,” Amanda Nunes told ESPN MMA reporter, Marc Raimondi.

“I feel like what he says sometimes, if you’re looking that way, yeah, I got very comfortable,” Amanda Nunes continued. “And you want to enjoy your life when you do all those things that  I did. I want to travel, I want to go see my family, I want to rest a little bit and then the thing is, you will slow down a little bit.

Amanda Nunes admits she took her foot off the proverbial gas pedal amid her dominant run

Nunes claimed that he dominant reign over the bantamweight and featherweight ranks likely resulted in her “slowing down” – however, she believes she has now reignited that fire with her setback against Peña.

“When you do everything that I did, one day you’re going to relax a little bit,” Amanda Nunes said. “I did so much now, I can kind of rest a little bit. I was dominating. I became double champion, killed all those girls in front of me, clean the division. So I kind of slowed down, too, yeah.”

“Until Julianna (Peña) came into the picture, now we’re here again. I’m really pumped for this fight and like Dana said, I gotta get my sh*t together. I’m fired up now.” (Transcribed by Bloody Elbow)