Amanda Nunes UFC return? Dana White weighs in

LAS VEGAS – Amanda Nunes’ crypticness has been firing on all cylinders lately, however Dana White thinks it’s simple to decode.

Throughout and after Saturday’s UFC 307, a card that featured two necessary girls’s bantamweight title fights, Nunes (23-5 MMA, 16-2 UFC) stated each somewhat and loads. First, it was some emojis on X. Then, a video of herself dancing with White’s deal with tagged.

“She seems to be good,” White laughed at a Dana White’s Contender Sequence 75 post-fight information convention on the UFC Apex. “She seems to be nice. It seems to be like she’s nonetheless in form. You understand the place her head is at and I really like that about her. There are a number of issues I really like about her – and I really like that about her. She’s keeping track of who wins the title subsequent and I feel she’s teasing that she is perhaps concerned about coming again.”

Nunes, 36, retired in June 2023 after a title win over Irene Aldana. She cited the need to spend extra time along with her spouse, former UFC fighter Nina Nunes, and their younger daughter.

Since Nunes’ departure, there have been two title fights. The primary was for the vacant strap at UFC 297 in January, throughout which Raquel Pennington claimed gold by a choice win over Mayra Bueno Silva.

Then, at Saturday’s UFC 307, Pennington misplaced the belt in a extremely controversial cut up determination to Julianna Peña, a fighter who’s 1-1 lifetime vs. Nunes.

Olympic gold medalist and former PFL champion Kayla Harrison additionally received a unanimous determination Saturday vs. Ketlen Vieira, establishing herself as doubtlessly the following challenger for Peña.