Jon Anik Says Pena Isn’t to be Underestimated
Throughout an interview with MMAFighting.com, UFC play-by-play commentator Jon Anik defined one key side of Julianna Pena that makes her a reside underdog.
“I only in the near past went again and watched Amanda Nunes vs. Julianna Pena 1 [at UFC 269], and that’s all of the movie I would like to observe proper now,” Anik advised MMA Combating. “[Pena’s head coach] Rick Little has mentioned, superlative to me over time, simply how imply and nasty she is. And man or girl, she is only a nasty f*cking prick, and I simply suppose toughness, plus cardio, plus self-belief, plus simply the need to be within the trenches, proper? She’s by no means searching for a method out. She’s not trying to faucet as a result of the going will get powerful.
“And I believe that’s what you want in opposition to an otherworldly embellished two-time Olympic champion like Kayla Harrison that has to take care of a combat earlier than the combat, like few fighters actually must take care of. And that’s in all probability one thing that I shouldn’t say in a broad sense, however I can’t assist however surprise aloud what number of occasions Kayla Harrison goes to have the ability to make weight in defending this belt if she’s really capable of win it. I don’t know the reply.”
Many are questioning if the result of Pena’s title protection in opposition to Kayla Harrison may have implications for a possible Amanda Nunes return. Nunes has teased desirous to step again contained in the Octagon, and has proven curiosity in a showdown with Harrison. Time will inform what transpires within the upcoming girls’s bantamweight title combat.