The ladies’s bantamweight title is on the road within the UFC 316 co-main occasion as champion Julianna Pena takes on No. 2 ranked contender Kayla Harrison. Whereas it is a extremely anticipated girls’s matchup, a good larger one is ready within the wings for the winner.
Former two-time girls’s bantamweight titleholder Amanda Nunes has said her intentions to return after retiring in 2023 and she or he has her eyes set on Saturday’s UFC 316 co-main occasion winner.
“Seeing my identify throughout, that is what I am right here for. I am going to come again. I am prepared for tomorrow (Saturday) and able to combat,” Nunes mentioned in the course of the UFC 316 Q&A previous to the ceremonial weigh-in.
“Both one I’ll be prepared for,” she continued. “I am able to go. Kayla or Julianna, I’ll be prepared.”
Nunes stepped away from the game to regulate to motherhood. She and her spouse, Nina Nunes, have two daughters. Now that the kids are just a little bit older, “The Lioness” desires to return, win the title again and defend it so long as she’s succesful.
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“I am prepared to remain right here. I’ll take the belt again and I’ll defend it so long as attainable. So long as my physique can deal with (it), I’ll be right here, so let’s go,” she mentioned.
“I am enthusiastic about this (combat). I am extra excited as a result of certainly one of them I’ll face subsequent.”
No matter who wins between Pena and Harrison, there is a storyline linked to Nunes. Pena holds a win over Nunes. A matchup between the 2 can be a trilogy bout. Nunes and Harrison was coaching companions at American High Crew.
