Former two-division UFC champion Amanda Nunes would possibly 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 an enormous ovation from the gang. White was requested if he believes Nunes will battle once more.
“Do I believe Amanda Nunes fights once more? She simply mentioned sure,” White mentioned.
Nunes then nodded her head emphatically, with an enormous 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 determination win over Irena Aldana at UFC 289.
“Which signifies that booing her in Canada was proper as a result of I knew she was retiring too early, similar to Dana mentioned, and similar to you guys are all seeing,” Peña mentioned. “She’s not executed. 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 not too long ago regained the title with a choice 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 in a position to defeat Peña for the title on the June 7 pay-per-view card if Nunes can be her subsequent opponent.
“Completely,” Harrison mentioned. “I believe Amanda and I each know that’s what’s going to occur.”
“Not for the belt,” Peña responded.
