Venezuelan Vixen shares agent with legend Ric Flair and admits they\u0027ve talked mic work, saying: “He’s shone a light on some areas for me.\u0022
Pena, 33, who’s fighting bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes in the main event June 10 at the downtown rink to headline UFC’s first card in Canada in nearly four years, shares an agent with Flair, 74, and the loquacious pair are apparently buddies.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Nunes regained the 135 pound belt from Pena in a five-round unanimous decision in Dallas on July 30, 2022. Pena won the title from Nunes on Dec. 11, 2021, in Las Vegas with a second-round submission via a rear-naked choke.Article content That was widely hailed as a massive upset. The UFC news release announcing that tickets for the Vancouver event had gone on sale Friday even mentions how Pena is intending to “once again stun the MMA world” by beating Nunes and how Nunes is “the greatest female fighter of all time” and a “future UFC Hall-of-Fame inductee.” Nunes is also the featherweight champion.
Pena balks at the upset characterization, insisting that in interviews beforehand she laid out her game plan to beat Pena and the fight played out exactly that way, negating the fluky or lucky aspect to it all. As for the Nunes’ adulation, Pena makes reference to it in an entry on her own Instagram, coupling it with a caption asking what title she earns when she beats the GOAT ?
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