Amanda Nunes News

Christopher Taylor - December 12, 2021

Amanda Nunes has reacted after dropping her bantamweight title to Julianna Pena at tonight’s UFC 269 event in Las Vegas. Nunes (21-5 MMA) and Pena (11-4 MMA) collided in the co-headliner of this evenings pay-per-view event at T-Mobile Arena.

Christopher Taylor - December 11, 2021

Julianna Pena explained why she should be considered the first “mom” champ and not Amanda Nunes at tonight’s UFC 269 post-fight presser. Pena (11-4 MMA) challenged Nunes (21-5 MMA) for the promotions undisputed women’s bantamweight championship this evening in Las Vegas.

Chris Taylor - December 11, 2021

Tonight’s UFC 269 event was co-headlined by a women’s bantamweight title featuring Amanda Nunes taking on challenger Julianna Pena. Pena (11-4 MMA), a former TUF winner, was returning to action for the first time since January’s UFC 257 event, where she earned a submission victory over Sara McMann.

Chris Taylor - December 11, 2021

Tonight’s UFC 269 event is co-headlined by a women’s bantamweight title fight as Julianna Pena attempts to dethrone Amanda Nunes. Pena (10-4 MMA, a former TUF winner, was last seen in action at January’s UFC 257 event where she earned a submission victory over the versatile Sara McMann.

Cole Shelton - December 9, 2021

In the co-main event of UFC 269, Amanda Nunes is dropping back down to bantamweight to defend her strap against Julianna Pena. Entering the fight, Nunes is a massive -900 favorite while the challenger is a +600 underdog. Ahead of the fight, BJPENN.com reached out to several pro fighters to get their prediction for the scrap. The big surprise is not all the pros are picking Nunes as one is going with the upset in thinking Pena can pull it off.

Harry Kettle - December 9, 2021

UFC president Dana White has revealed that he’s interested in the prospect of Kayla Harrison coming over to fight Amanda Nunes. While Amanda Nunes has been busy knocking off every challenger that comes her way across two weight classes, Kayla Harrison has been winning back-to-back tournaments in PFL to earn two $1 million rewards.

Cole Shelton - December 8, 2021

Amanda Nunes isn’t a fan of Julianna Pena’s recent trash-talk in the lead-up to their UFC 269 title fight. Nunes is set to defend her belt in the co-main event and in the lead-up, Pena has said she will exploit Nunes’ ground game. If Pena is going to win, many believe it will be due to her jiu-jitsu. Yet, the champ-champ disagrees and blasted Pena and pointed to her recent fights as evidence that she won’t win.

Susan Cox - December 8, 2021

Former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen believes Julianna Pena has what it takes to pull off an upset and dethrone Amanda Nunes. Pena (11-4 MMA) and Nunes (21-4 MMA) are set to collide in Saturday’s UFC 269 co-main event with the promotions coveted bantamweight title on the line.

Adam D Martin - November 19, 2021

Miesha Tate believes that Julianna Pena has the ability to dethrone UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes when they meet at UFC 269. Tate coached Pena during her winning season on The Ultimate Fighter, and in the years since then, Pena has become one of the top women’s bantamweights in the UFC. Next month at UFC 269, Pena takes on Nunes for the 135lbs title. Speaking to the media ahead of her own fight this weekend against Ketlen Vieira at UFC Vegas 43, Tate was asked to size up Pena’s chances of defeating Nunes next month, and she thinks there is a good chance.

Cole Shelton - November 17, 2021

Miesha Tate knows she will reclaim the bantamweight title and is confident she has all the tools to beat Amanda Nunes. After Tate lost her title to Nunes and then dropped a decision to Raquel Pennington she announced her retirement from the sport in 2016. However, she returned back in July and scored a TKO win over Marion Reneau.

Drake Riggs - November 15, 2021

Dana White and the UFC introduced the 145-pound women’s featherweight division in February 2017 and there has been little to no build since. The promotion began the process of bringing in featherweights by signing the weight class’ all-time best, Cris “Cyborg” Justino. However, the future UFC titleholder would compete at 140-pound catchweight contests prior to the division’s official creation in an attempt to get her down to the 135-pound bantamweight class.

Harry Kettle - November 3, 2021

UFC president Dana White has said the “first death in MMA” would happen if Amanda Nunes fought one of Kayla Harrison’s opponents. Harrison, who is now a two-time PFL champion, moved to 12-0 recently and captured her second consecutive title in the process. Many believe she has what it takes to kick on and eventually challenge Amanda Nunes in the UFC but as per Dana White, it doesn’t appear as if that’s going to happen anytime soon.

Adam D Martin - September 3, 2021

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes opened up as a massive betting favorite for the Julianna Pena title fight at UFC 269. The UFC officially announced that Nunes vs. Pena will fight at UFC 269, which is set to take place on December 11. The fight was originally supposed to take place back at UFC 265 in August but Nunes tested positive for COVID-19 and the fight was postponed until December. With the fight now rescheduled, the betting odds have been opened back up.

Cole Shelton - August 30, 2021

Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena will now fight at UFC 269 with the bantamweight title up for grabs. Nunes and Pena were supposed to fight at UFC 265 in August but the champ-champ got COVID-19 and the fight was postponed. Now, the UFC announced on Monday that the bantamweight title fight will take place on December 11 at UFC 269 at a location TBD. It’s also uncertain what the main event of the year-end pay-per-view will be.

Drake Riggs - August 25, 2021

Miesha Tate isn’t coming back to be anything but the very best bantamweight in the world. The former UFC champion lost her title at UFC 200 in July 2016 when attempting to defend against Amanda Nunes. “The Lioness” has since put together a legendary run that many — including Tate — find to be unparalleled.

Adam Martin - August 22, 2021

UFC champion Amanda Nunes and Bellator champ Cris Cyborg opened as the betting favorites for future fights against PFL star Kayla Harrison. BestFightOdds recently shared the opening odds for a potential Nunes vs. Harrison and Cyborg vs. Harrison fight. Check out the betting odds for both of these future fights below.

Adam D Martin - August 9, 2021

Julianna Pena called for the creation of an interim UFC women’s bantamweight title with the current champion Amanda Nunes sidelined. Pena was supposed to fight Nunes in the co-main event of UFC 265 on Saturday night in Houston, Texas, but the fight was postponed until later this year after Nunes tested positive for COVID-19. Nunes’ wife Nina recently took to social media to confirm that the Nunes family is now healthy and negative of COVID-19, but the UFC has still not re-booked this fight. The original plan was for the UFC to get this fight going in December, but as far as Pena goes, that is too long of a wait considering she is ready to scrap now.

Drake Riggs - August 5, 2021

Julianna Pena is no longer challenging for the UFC bantamweight title at UFC 264 this Saturday night — that didn’t stop her from showing up anyway. At Thursday’s pre-fight press conference in Houston, Texas, “The Venezuelan Vixen” got on one of the media microphones to shoot her shot.