LAS VEGAS – Amanda Nunes’ crypticness has been firing on all cylinders lately, however Dana White thinks it’s straightforward to decode.
Throughout and after Saturday’s UFC 307, a card that featured two vital girls’s bantamweight title fights, Nunes (23-5 MMA, 16-2 UFC) mentioned each slightly and lots. First, it was some emojis on X. Then, a video of herself dancing with White’s deal with tagged.
“She seems good,” White laughed at a Dana White’s Contender Collection 75 post-fight information convention on the UFC Apex. “She seems nice. It seems like she’s nonetheless in form. You already know the place her head is at and I like that about her. There are a number of issues I like about her – and I like that about her. She’s keeping track of who wins the title subsequent and I believe she’s teasing that she could be fascinated by coming again.”
Nunes, 36, retired in June 2023 after a title win over Irene Aldana. She cited the will to spend extra time together with her spouse, former UFC fighter Nina Nunes, and their younger daughter.
Since Nunes’ departure, there have been two title fights. The primary was for the vacant strap at UFC 297 in January, throughout which Raquel Pennington claimed gold by way of a choice win over Mayra Bueno Silva.
Then, at Saturday’s UFC 307, Pennington misplaced the belt in a extremely controversial cut up resolution to Julianna Peña, a fighter who’s 1-1 lifetime vs. Nunes.
Olympic gold medalist and former PFL champion Kayla Harrison additionally gained a unanimous resolution Saturday vs. Ketlen Vieira, establishing herself as probably the following challenger for Peña.
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