Dana White is all for Amanda Nunes returning to the UFC.
This previous weekend, Julianna Peña reclaimed the ladies’s bantamweight title with a break up resolution victory over Raquel Pennington at UFC 307. Following her win, as a substitute of calling out her more than likely subsequent opponent, two-time Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison, Peña as a substitute referred to as for Nunes to return from retirement for a trilogy battle.
Peña and Nunes have a longstanding rivalry, with Peña scoring one of many largest upsets in MMA historical past by beating Nunes at UFC 269, earlier than promptly dropping the title to her of their rematch seven months later. And given their historical past, on Monday, Nunes appeared to answer Peña’s callout with a social media submit telling Dana White to name her.
And for White, that’s excellent news.
“She appears to be like good,” White advised reporters following Tuesday’s episode of Contender Sequence. “She appears to be like nice. Seems like she’s nonetheless in form. So you understand the place her head is at, and I like that about right here. There’s a whole lot of issues I like about her, I like that about her. She’s maintaining a tally of who wins the title subsequent and I feel she’s teasing that she may be excited about coming again.”
Whether or not or not Nunes is definitely excited about returning stays to be seen. “The Lioness” retired from MMA final yr after avenging her loss to Peña after which defeating Irene Aldana at UFC 289.
In fact, Nunes is probably not teasing a return for Peña. Previous to her surprising upset defeat to Peña at UFC 269, there have been rumors that Peña and Harrison — teammates at American Prime Crew — had been circling a battle with one another. This was again when Harrison was negotiating with PFL, and Harrison was truly in attendance for the bout.
However whoever she may be coming again for, if she truly is in any respect, Dana White is right here for it.
“I like Amanda Nunes,” White stated. “I’ve an unimaginable relationship together with her. I’d completely like to see her come again.”
