Amanda Nunes Moves Back To Bantamweight, Fights Julianna Pena At UFC 265 ?Francis Ngannou Will Be In Kamaru Usman's Corner For Jorge Masvidal Fight At UFC 261 ?Miguel Baeza Vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio Booked For June 5 UFC EventPosted by Ottesen Mouritzen on April 27th, 2021 
By Nolan King | April 15, 2021 5:30 pm Julianna Pena called her shot, and pending bout finalization, she?ll get it. The UFC happens to be targeting Pena (10-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC) as the next challenger for Amanda Nunes for an Aug. 7 event, three people with understanding of the matchup informed MMA Junkie on Thursday. The fight will be for the UFC women?s bantamweight championship. ESPN was the first ever to report the news. The event is likely to serve as UFC 265 but doesn't have the official location or venue at the moment. Nunes (21-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) moves back off to 135 pounds after back-to-back title defenses at featherweight. She lately defeated Megan Anderson at UFC 259 in March. The fight lasted 2:03, with Nunes submitting Anderson via armbar. Widely considered the best female mixed martial artist ever, Nunes has won 12 straight fights. The streak includes victories over former UFC champions Cris Cyborg, Valentina Shevchenko, Holly Holm, Ronda Rousey, Miesha Tate, and Germaine de Randamie. As for Pena, ?The Ultimate Fighter 18? winner has won two of her latest three bouts. Following a win over Nicco Montano in July 2019, Pena returned in October 2020 and was submitted by Germaine de Randamie. Most recently, Pena submitted Olympian Sara McMann in the first round of their UFC 257 fight in January. Following the victory, Pena took to the microphone and called for Nunes next. Moments after Nunes beat Anderson, Pena challenged the champion on Twitter again. A fresh matchup, Pena thinks she presents Nunes with skills the double champion has yet to see in the cage. ?I?m 9-2 in the UFC, and Amanda has yet another victory than I do,? Pena told MMA Junkie in March. ?I?ve been fighting in this UFC division in the same way long as she has. ? Personally i think like stylistically, I?m the worst possible matchup on her behalf. I?m her kryptonite. I really do think that she knows that because every time I fight, she always says, ?Yet another, and you?ve surely got to fight one more, and you also?ve got to fight yet another.? It?s like, you didn?t make Felicia Spencer fight one more. You didn?t make Megan Anderson fight one more. You didn?t make Holly fight one more, but also for some reason, I?ve surely got to fight yet another. Amanda Nunes, Breaking, Julianna Pena, UFC 265, News, UFC
Kamaru Usman is going for his 14th straight win when he faces Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261 on April 24 and he'll have a familiar face in his corner. Marc Raimondi of ESPN reported UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou will be in Usman's corner. Usman's brother, Mohammed, who is normally in the corner, will be in the PFL bubble prior to his debut. This comes after Usman was in Ngannou's corner when he knocked out Stipe Miocic at UFC 260 on March 27. Raimondi noted the two fighters, who have been born in Africa, have grown to be friends with Usman inspired by Ngannou's story. Ngannou migrated from Cameroon to France, was jailed in Spain and was eventually homeless prior to becoming the UFC heavyweight champion. "It motivates me so much," Usman said. "I said that to him. It motivates me so much to even you need to be around him." Usman's welterweight title defense in Jacksonville, Florida, is a rematch between the fighter and Masvidal. While Usman won the first time around at UFC 251, it had been under trying circumstances for Masvidal. He had just six days' notice before the fight because Usman's scheduled opponent, Gilbert Burns, tested positive for COVID-19.
� Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports Eight professional fights. Eight wins, and 13 straight in order to include amateur bouts. ?s off to a hell of a start to his MMA career. He?s in a good gym at MMA Masters. He impressed White enough to earn a contract at Contender Series in 2019 despite going the distance in his fight, which is one of just two times out of eight that he hasn?t gotten the finish. And the welterweight?s finishing touch has translated in the big leagues, too. There is his leg kick-into-ground and pound finish of Hector Aldana, and a knockout of a fighter who loves to throw down in Matt Brown last time around, which earned Baeza (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) his first UFC fight night bonus. Baeza faces an underrated challenge in Takashi Sato, who has considerably more experience and is seeking to go 4-1 in his past five. Exactly like each step along the way has presented Baeza a fresh challenge, an opponent like Sato (16-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) is Baeza's opportunity to prove he?s ready for another intensify the ladder as he methodically moves from prospect to potential contender. Unbeaten prospect Miguel Baeza has his first fight of 2021 booked. The UFC welterweight assumes veteran Santiago Ponzinibbio at a UFC event on June 5. MMA Junkie confirmed the news headlines with two people with knowledge of the booking following a report by Combate. The people requested anonymity because UFC officials have yet to generate a formal announcement. Baeza (10-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) last fought in November, defeating Takashi Sato having an arm-triangle choke in the next round of these clash at UFC on ESPN 18. The win continued an extraordinary run for Baeza beneath the UFC banner, as he previously stopped Hector Aldana and Matt Brown in previous outings. The 28-year-old fights out of MMA Masters in South Florida. Also fighting of South Florida, American Top Team?s Ponzinibbio (27-4 MMA, 9-3 UFC) is seeking to bounce back from a KO loss to Li Jingliang in January. The defeat snapped a seven-fight winning streak for the Argentine. With the addition to the card, the June 5 UFC event not includes: Muslim Salikhov vs. Francisco Trinaldo Walt Harris vs. Marcin Tybura Tanner Boser vs. Ilir Latifi Manon Fiorot vs. Maryna Moroz Sean Woodson vs. Youssef Zalal Montana De La Rosa vs. Ariane Lipski Maki Pitolo vs. Dusko Todorovic Alessio Di Chirico vs. Roman Dolidze Miguel Baeza vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio MORE: UFC on ESPN 22: Andrei Arlovski admits he was worried UFC would cut him after Tom Aspinall loss Amanda Nunes moves back to bantamweight, defends title vs. Julianna Pena at UFC 265 Bellator 260 set for June with Douglas Lima vs. Yaroslav Amosov headliner Corey Anderson unfazed he didn't draw marquee name: 'All organizations have great fighters' Dan Hooker targets summer return, thinks Rafael dos Anjos matchup makes sense
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