When Is Amanda Nunes Fighting Next

When Is Amanda Nunes Fighting Next

With Holm no longer on her radar, Pena turned her attention to the next title shot after Nunes (21-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) submitted Anderson (11-5 MMA, 3-3 UFC) early in Round 1. ' I want to fight (Amanda Nunes),' Pena wrote in a follow-up tweet. ' Get rid of 145 it's dead. Fight me Amanda!' Fight me @AmandaLeoa! Getty Amanda Nunes is carried from the Octagon after her unanimous-decision win over Germaine de Ranamie during UFC 245. The next opponent for UFC Women's Bantamweight and Featherweight Champion.
© Provided by FansidedAmanda Nunes wasted no time replying to Julianna Pena's UFC 257 call out.
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Julianna Pena submitted former bantamweight title contender Sara McMann in the third round of their fight at UFC 257. In the post-fight interview, Pena called for a title fight against current women's bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes and accused the champion of ducking her.

'Quit ducking.'

???????? @VenezuelanVixen with a huge callout for 135! #UFC257pic.twitter.com/zfk0G43v2k
— UFC (@ufc) January 24, 2021
It only took Nunes a matter of minutes before she took to Twitter to reply. Nunes immediately took issue with Pena's claims of ducking her, saying that Pena never made herself a contender.
Ducking? You couldn't even make yourself a contender for me. @VenezuelanVixen#UFC257
— Amanda Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) January 24, 2021

Nunes' wife and UFC strawweight Nina Ansaroff chimed in, taking another shot at Pena. Which was followed up with another tweet from Nunes.
Remember that one time you guys were suppose to fight, but then she lost?
— Nina Ansaroff (@NinaAnsaroff) January 24, 2021
Twice. Bingo hall online reviews.
— Amanda Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) January 24, 2021
Ansaroff was referring to Pena's loss to Valentina Shevchenko on Jan. 28, 2017. Shevchenko would fight Nunes for the title in her next fight at UFC 215. Pena's only other loss in the UFC was against Germaine de Randamie on Oct. 4, 2020. While a win likely would have made Pena a title contender, it came after Nunes last fought at UFC 250.

'Quit ducking.'
???????? @VenezuelanVixen with a huge callout for 135! #UFC257pic.twitter.com/zfk0G43v2k
— UFC (@ufc) January 24, 2021
It only took Nunes a matter of minutes before she took to Twitter to reply. Nunes immediately took issue with Pena's claims of ducking her, saying that Pena never made herself a contender.
Ducking? You couldn't even make yourself a contender for me. @VenezuelanVixen#UFC257
— Amanda Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) January 24, 2021
Nunes' wife and UFC strawweight Nina Ansaroff chimed in, taking another shot at Pena. Which was followed up with another tweet from Nunes.
Remember that one time you guys were suppose to fight, but then she lost?
— Nina Ansaroff (@NinaAnsaroff) January 24, 2021
Twice. Bingo hall online reviews.
— Amanda Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) January 24, 2021
Ansaroff was referring to Pena's loss to Valentina Shevchenko on Jan. 28, 2017. Shevchenko would fight Nunes for the title in her next fight at UFC 215. Pena's only other loss in the UFC was against Germaine de Randamie on Oct. 4, 2020. While a win likely would have made Pena a title contender, it came after Nunes last fought at UFC 250.
Pena's victory over McMann improved her record to 10-4 with seven finishes. The 31-year-old entered UFC 257 as the seventh-ranked women's bantamweight in the UFC. Pena will have to wait and see if her call out will earn her the next title fight against Nunes.
Nunes has made five successful defenses of her bantamweight title since she defeated Miesha Tate to win the title at UFC 200. With title defenses against de Randamie, Holly Holm and Raquel Pennington, that leaves only Aspen Ladd and Irene Aldana as the only fighters ahead of Pena in the rankings who have yet to fight Nunes. However, Aldana is coming off of a loss to Holm and Ladd recently lost to de Randamie.
When Is Amanda Nunes Fighting Next Season GameUFC 257 took place on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, live from Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Follow along with FanSided for all your live news and highlights.