Amanda Nunes, the UFC women’s bantamweight champion, will headline another pay per view event when she takes on contender and good friend Raquel Pennington on May 12, in Brazil.
This will be Nunes’ fourth (technically third, as she pulled out of 213 with illness) Main Event bout since winning the title back in 2016 at UFC 200.
Nunes retained her belt by ending former bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey’s career in less than a minute at UFC 207, and with a split decision against Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 215.
There also have been rumours that Nunes is to face featherweight champ Cris Cyborg, who has been undefeated in the division since winning the Strikeforce featherweight title back in December 2011. Details are yet to be confirmed by UFC President Dana White, who is keen to have the first ever duel-multi-division women’s champ.
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But for now Nunes’ focus is UFC 224.
Pennington is currently on a four-fight win streak, including a performance of the night at UFC 191, with a rear-naked-choke against Jessica Andrade.
But this should prove no real problems for Nunes, as she only fought last September, while Pennington has not fought since November 2016.
The UFC is leading the way in equality as the only promotion in the world that has women headlining events that include men also on the card. This is largely thanks to the popularity of Rousey, but her successors are doing well in their own right.
At the moment the women fighters have three champions in three different divisions – Cyborg in featherweight, Nunes in bantamweight and Rose Namajunas at strawweight – and each of these women have co-headlined or outright headlined a PPV event.
One of the most brutal sports in the world has women on par with men for match quality and revenue making – but then women used to fight in the same event or alongside men in the gladiator days in Rome, so what is old is new again, sort of.
UFC 224 should be another blockbuster, with the women’s division leading the way. Can’t wait until May 12.
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