Former UFC girls’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes, who additionally held gold at 145 kilos, believes she made the suitable resolution by retiring from fight sports activities. That mentioned, “Lioness” isn’t ruling out a return to the Octagon after watching Raquel Pennington seize the vacant crown by outpointing Mayra Bueno Silva at UFC 297 in Toronto.
Nunes (23-5) stopped Pennington of their UFC 224 title combat again in early 2018.
“I used to be nervous. I don’t know why, however I used to be very nervous,” Nunes informed ESPN. “It was combined emotions. I used to be completely satisfied and unhappy, however once I noticed ‘Rocky’ with the belt, I used to be okay. I wasn’t upset or something like that. We’ll see what occurs. I’m nonetheless younger and contemporary. You by no means know, I’m a fighter. That is my job and I really like this a lot, so I don’t know. I get pleasure from this, as effectively, not being within the gymnasium each day and having a traditional life and staying slightly bit lazy as a result of to be lazy as a fighter may be very laborious. However , I’m nonetheless wholesome, highly effective, sensible. I believe like a champion. I nonetheless really feel like a champion, so we’ll see.”
Nunes, 35, hung up the gloves after knocking round Irene Aldana at UFC 289.
Pennington, 35, is anticipated to make her first bantamweight title protection in opposition to former 135-pound champion Julianna Pena sooner or later later this 12 months. A victory for the “Venezuelan Vixen” might arrange a possible trilogy with Nunes, who cut up a pair of fights with The Final Fighter (TUF) 18 champ at UFC 269 (L) and UFC 277 (W).
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