Filed under: Featured , Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos HOUSTON – UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes appears to have backed away from a plan to immediately challenge for the soon-to-be-realized featherweight belt. “I think ( Valentina Shevchenko ) will be my next opponent,” Nunes on Thursday told USA TODAY Sports while attending an NFL media day for Super Bowl XLI in Houston. “But I also want to go up. I want to try it. I think it will be fun.” Nunes (14-4 MMA, 7-1 UFC), who knocked out Ronda Rousey (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in her first title defense at UFC 207, previously indicated she wanted to be the promotion’s next two-division champ after Conor McGregor seized the lightweight title this past November (and was subsequently stripped of the featherweight belt). The Brazilian champ targeted the winner of an inaugural women’s featherweight title bout between Holly Holm (10-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and Germaine de Randamie (7-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) at next week at UFC 208
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Valentina Shevchenko or 145 next? UFC champ Amanda Nunes lays out her game plan – MMA Junkie