Filed under: Featured , News , UFC , Videos DENVER – UFC women’s bantamweight contender Julianna Pena figures by MMA math, she should at least do well against champ Amanda Nunes . “Being that Cat Zingano beat the brakes off Nunes, and I dominated Zingano, I think it’s fair to say I can hang with anybody that walks at 135 pounds inside that octagon,” Pena (8-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) told MMAjunkie in advance of her No. 1 contender fight against Valentina Shevchenko (13-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) on Saturday at UFC on FOX 23. Nunes recently indicated she was interested in venturing beyond the 135-pound division she currently tops, aspiring to a Conor McGregor-like campaign for the featherweight division, where a new champion will soon be crowned when ex-bantam champ Holly Holm meets Germaine de Randamie at UFC 208. Pena said if the champ thinks she’s cleaned out the division, she should slow her roll. “I think there’s a lot of competition left at 135 pounds that she should maybe consider before trying to run to another division,” she said
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