Filed under: Featured , News , UFC In this week’s Trading Shots, retired UFC and WEC fighter Danny Downes joins MMAjunkie columnist Ben Fowlkes to discuss another champion’s plan to hold two UFC belts at once, and whether or not the first experiment in that department showed us the limitations of that ambition. * * * * Downes: Ben, Conor McGregor is still making waves during his MMA leave of absence. No, I’m not talking about that alleged boxing match you love discussing. I’m talking about his impact on women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes . In an interview with MMAjunkie , she said that she wants to hold two UFC titles simultaneously because, “Conor McGregor did it.” She’s also been using her social media to issue an open challenge to the winner of the upcoming UFC 208 headliner between Holly Holm vs. Germaine de Randamie that will decide the first UFC women’s featherweight champion.
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Trading Shots: If a UFC champ can’t defend 2 belts, should she keep trying to win them? – MMA Junkie