On this weekend’s pay-per-view headliner, two-division UFC champion Amanda Nunes will look to open her second reign on the bantamweight throne with a profitable protection.
Whereas she was initially scheduled to finish her trilogy with Julianna Peña at UFC 289, slated for this coming Saturday in Vancouver, Canada, an harm to “The Venezuelan Vixen” has opened up the door for Irene Aldana.
The Mexican contender, who presently occupies the #5 spot at 135 kilos, has received back-to-back outings reverse Yana Santos and Macy Chiasson since a predominant occasion loss to Holly Holm in October 2020.
“Robles” will now look to affix compatriots Brandon Moreno, Alexa Grasso, and Yair Rodríguez because the fourth lively Mexican titleholder within the UFC.
In keeping with UFC veteran Michelle Waterson-Gomez, Aldana would do effectively to study from the success achieved towards Nunes by the lady she’s changed for the UFC 289 predominant occasion if she’s to have her hand raised come struggle evening.
Waterson-Gomez Factors Out How Aldana Can Replicate Peña Upset Versus Nunes
Throughout a current interview with Matthew Pearlman, longtime UFC roster member and former Invicta FC champion Waterson-Gomez gave her tackle Saturday’s predominant occasion championship struggle.
Whereas “The Karate Hottie” acknowledged the added motivation that Nunes has seemingly discovered since her 2021 loss, she instructed one notable weak spot that was exploited in her sole defeat since 2014 and might be utilized by Aldana.
“That is gonna be a tough one. I believe that after Nunes skilled the loss towards Peña, I believe it actually shifted plenty of issues in her life and re-energized her,” Waterson-Gomez stated. “However with that being stated, the explanation why she misplaced wasn’t as a result of she was not targeted, it was as a result of Peña had a killer jab.
“It was a really unorthodox jab, nevertheless it was touchdown. Nunes could not throw these huge haymaker photographs that she usually does with the opposite ladies. It was just a bit shorter than the jab,” Waterson-Gomez continued. “If Aldana’s capable of see that and capitalize on that, beat her to the punch, it could be that very same story. It’s going to be actually attention-grabbing to see what occurs.”
As anticipated, the reigning bantamweight and featherweight titleholder will enter Saturday’s occasion at Rogers Enviornment as a substantial favourite. Per BetOnline.ag, the Brazilian’s line presently sits at -325.
But when Peña’s efforts at UFC 269 proved something, it is that no one is unbeatable contained in the Octagon.
And may Aldana make use of the type of gameplan instructed by Waterson-Gomez, maybe she’ll observe within the footsteps of her teammate Grasso, who ended the rule of Valentina Shevchenko in a memorable upset this previous March.
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