Former two-division UFC champion Amanda Nunes may formally be on the comeback path.
Friday’s UFC 316 press convention in Miami featured UFC CEO Dana White, bantamweight championship headliners Merab Dvalishvili and Sean O’Malley, and girls’s bantamweight championship co-headliners Julianna Peña and Kayla Harrison. Nunes was additionally in attendance on the press convention and drew a giant ovation from the group. White was requested if he believes Nunes will battle once more.
“Do I feel Amanda Nunes fights once more? She simply stated sure,” White stated.
Nunes then nodded her head emphatically, with a giant smile on her face.
After all, Peña had a response to the second as she was publicly sad when she introduced her retirement following her dominant resolution win over Irena Aldana at UFC 289.
“Which implies that booing her in Canada was proper as a result of I knew she was retiring too early, identical to Dana stated, and identical to you guys are all seeing,” Peña stated. “She’s not finished. She’s simply sitting there on the sidelines to see what occurs as a result of she didn’t need to battle that trilogy battle I used to be asking for.”
Peña just lately regained the title with a call win over Raquel Pennington at UFC 307 in October, whereas Harrison, a multi-time PFL season champion, earned her title shot on the identical card with a victory over Ketlen Vieira.
Harrison was requested if she’s capable of defeat Peña for the title on the June 7 pay-per-view card if Nunes can be her subsequent opponent.
“Completely,” Harrison stated. “I feel Amanda and I each know that’s what’s going to occur.”
“Not for the belt,” Peña responded.