Julianna Peña wants 'Round 8' with Amanda Nunes

Julianna Pena is looking to settle her rivalry with Amanda Nunes, and she wants it to happen before the end of the year.

Peña (11-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) had her surprising UFC women’s bantamweight title reign brought to an abrupt end this past

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month when she was dominated to a unanimous decision by Nunes (22-5 MMA, 15-2 UFC) in the UFC 277 main event.

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The fight was a rematch of Peña’s monumental upset of Nunes at UFC 269 in December, where she shocked

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the world with a second-round submission to claim the throne. The rematch was a completely

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different fight, however, and much of Nunes’ success came from changing to a southpaw stance,

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where she racked up multiple knockdowns. Peña admits she was caught off guard by the approach,

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but said there’s no way that would happen again in a definitive rubber match.

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“When someone has entirely revamped and completely switched their entire stance,

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