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 month when she was dominated to a unanimous decision by Nunes (22-5 MMA, 15-2 UFC) in the UFC 277 main event. The fight was a rematch of Peña’s monumental upset of Nunes at UFC 269 in December, where she shocked the world with a second-round submission to claim the throne. The rematch was a completely different fight, however, and much of Nunes’ success came from changing to a southpaw stance, where she racked up multiple knockdowns. Peña admits she was caught off guard by the approach, but said there’s no way that would happen again in a definitive rubber match. “When someone has entirely revamped and completely switched their entire stance, and their entire fighting style because of me, I take that as a complement, you know?” Peña said on Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 40 post-fight show
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Julianna Peña wants ‘Round 8′ with Amanda Nunes: ‘She doesn’t touch me next time’ – MMA Junkie