At UFC 277, Amanda Nunes will face Julianna Peña and the Brazilian wants to regain the UFC bantamweight belt; check out Lioness’s expectation for the fight!
Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena will measure forces in the UFC 277, which will be held in Las Vegas, in the early hours of Saturday, 30, to Sunday, 31. The Brazilian wants back her bantamweight belt and has already made it clear what her plan will be to win back the title. In an interview with “Combat“, the Lioness guaranteed that she will not give her opponents gaps and told what it will be necessary to do to return to the top of the category.
Before revealing her plans for UFC 277, Amanda Nunes warned that she will do everything to beat Julianna Peña. According to the Brazilian, only one objective matters to her in the confrontation and that is victory: “I want to be champion again, I want to touch my belt again, take it home. That’s my motivation for this fight, I want to be champion again, I want my name at the top again. That’s what moves me“.
Amanda Nunes analyzed Julianna Peña’s fighting style and pointed out that her rival is “crazy” inside the octagons. To face the rival, in addition to being aggressive, she will need to be patient and calm. According to Leoa, it is not necessary to create a frank fight, since the Brazilian has what it takes to leave with the bantamweight belt at UFC 277.
Julianna has a different style, a little crazy, she really goes for it, she manages to absorb a lot of blows. I have to be precise, I can’t go to the lottery with her, because I’m faster, I have more punch, my ground floor is better than hers, my wrestling is better than hers. I need to be smart too”highlighted the fighter over Julianna Penã.
Amanda Nunes also continued her statement regarding the fight at UFC 277 and pointed out what it will take to beat her rival: “I just need to be as good as I am today. I will be accurate. If I have to go for five rounds, I will, because I’ve been there several times in my career. I just really need to be calm at times and make the right choices, and everything will be different.“.
Amanda Nunes also pointed out a weak point in Juliana Peña that could make her regain the belt at UFC 277: “I think the challenge is that she’s confident as hell! And that’s what makes me dangerous, it’s my opponent’s confidence. When she exposes herself a lot, that’s where I can find the openings to knock out, submit, to grow in the fight. She really comes with a lot of gas, she’s a tough athlete, and she’s got my belt, she won it for me, it’s indisputable“.
“But she knows I really wasn’t 100% in that fight, she knows I didn’t have a good camp, she knows I had injuries. She knows I would be easier prey and then it happened. I lost my belt and now we’re here to redeem it and keep making history, keep taking my legacy forward, keep putting Brazil’s name at the top as well. I miss the belt, I want it back“, finished.
Source: sportbuzz
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