Matches to Make After UFC277 —by benjaminduffy
Ever since Nunes succumbed to a second-round rear-naked choke from Pena in one of the biggest title fight upsets inhistory at UFC 269 last December, the former two-division champ had endured questions about her commitment to fighting, about her training—particularly the decision to move from her longtime home, American Top Team, to her own gym—and even about her heart.
Thus, going into their rematch on Saturday at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, Nunes had more to reclaim than a mere strap.
To be fair, most of the same pressures weighed on Pena, only in reverse; the onus was on “The Venezuelan Vixen” to prove that her upset for the ages last December wasn’t an aberration, and that she was 2021’s
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