Julianna Pena Explains Why She Earned Title Shot Against Amanda Nunes

UFC 269 took place on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Follow along with FanSided MMA, who is on-site, for all your news and highlights. Nunes had her way in the opening minutes of the Champ fight, dropping Pena with a massive right hand that had her in early trouble. But, Pena was able to survive the early barrage and get the fight to the ground, where both women found success with ground-and-pound strikes.
The oft-injured Cruz hadn’t won since 2016 before claiming back-to-back victories in 2021. So when it comes to a fighter of Pena’s caliber, there’s really no reason to doubt that Nunes isn’t going to walk in, and roll her with Nunes’ patented ground and pound, and leave with another TKO victory. The UFC always goes all-out for the final PPV of the year, and this one is not different.

Poirier’s only other loss in his last 11 fights since 2016 was to Khabib Nurmagomedov, who took away Poirier’s interim lightweight title before retiring undefeated. Nunes was fighting for only the third time in two years after making two featherweight defenses since her most recent defense of her bantamweight belt in December 2019. Few opponents had even given her a stiff challenge since her second victory over current flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko by split decision in 2017. Pena returned to action in July 2019 and has since won two of her three fights with victories against Sara McMann and Nicco Montano. The McMann win came earlier this year in January and the third-round rear-naked choke submission has helped her earn this title shot against the champion. Poirier's only other loss in his last 11 fights since 2016 was to Khabib Nurmagomedov, who took away Poirier's interim lightweight title before retiring undefeated.
What Pena does so well is she uses a lot of striking pressure and aggressive forward movement to bully her way into the clinch. Read on for our Nunes vs. Pena predictions, staff picks, and betting odds for this UFC 269 co-main event. Brazilian fighter Charles Oliveira enter the Octagon in his lightweight title fight against Dustin Poirier to successfully defend his title. Oliveira set the UFC record for stoppage victories by beating Michael Chandler with punches, and his finish of Poirier increased the record to 18.

"For me to be able to take out arguably the greatest of all time is something that’s still sinking in right now." It’s unknown what’s next in the women’s bantamweight class, as Nunes has pretty much cleaned up the division, unless Peña pulls off the big surprise and reinstates the 135-pound ranking. The two fighters met in a bout on Saturday night at the UFC 269 pay-per-view event from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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But, Holm was forced to withdraw from the bout citing hydronephrosis. After her fight with Holy was cancelled, she called out Nunes for a shot at her bantamweight title. Nunes, who was not made available to reporters afterward, still has options.
UFC Vegas 269 takes place on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Follow along with FanSided MMA, who is on-site, for all your news and highlights. On Monday Night Football for Week 16, we have two teams fighting for a... On Saturday, December 11 at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, USA Amanda «Lioness» Nunes will meet Julianna «The Venezuelan Vixen» Pena for UFC Women title in a 5-round bantamweight bout. It was also reported that the fight would be rescheduled once ‘The Lioness’ is fit and ready to go. UFC 265 is headlined by an interim heavyweight title fight between Derrick Lewis and Cyril Gane.
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Here’s a look at three of the highlights set for T-Mobile Arena. In his career, Amanda Nunes has played 25 matches and won 21 out of them. The Brazilian professional mixed martial artist is looking confident for her fight in the UFC 269. Nunes was supposed to defend the 145 lbs title at UFC 265 earlier this month. However, she suffered from COVID-19 and the bout had to be canceled. UFC has now confirmed that the match is moved to the 11 December 2021 PPV card.
The youngest of four siblings, Julianna was born and raised in Spokane, Washington. In order to lose weight and channel aggression in her early adulthood, she enrolled to a cardio kickboxing class and subsequently transitioned to mixed martial arts. Every fighter is beatable, unfortunately it isn't a great time in that division. It could be argued that Nunes’ greatest enemy heading into Saturday night was her own complacency after she essentially ran roughshod over two divisions while serving as both the 135 and 145-pound champion. Nunes eventually wilted under the pressure from Pena’s relentless offense, leading to the fight-finishing sequence that saw Pena secure a rear-naked choke submission in the second round. Nunes - who is widely regarded as one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all-time - is a mother herself, although her partner delivered their child.

The champ was loading up with power, but she missed again and again, and all that did was tire her out. A pivotal women’s strawweight matchup pitting Marina Rodriguez vs. Yan Xiaonan has been added to UFC 272. In recent years, after fans see broadcast replays of sensational finishes in UFC fights, they’ve been able to look forward to extra replays. Khasan Magomedsharipov, younger brother of UFC featherweight Zabit Magomedsharipov, will compete on the stacked Bellator Dublin card. Former UFC champion Robert Whittaker has been added as a fully voiced companion in Skyrim mod. But Cyborg thinks not only did Nunes gas out against Peña, she gave up as soon as Peña got position for the fight-ending choke.