UFC 257: Amanda Nunes laughs off Julianna Pena’s ‘ducking’ claim
- ‘Amanda Nunes, I want to fight you, it’s time for you to quit ducking,’ says Pena after third-round submission win
- ‘Ducking? You couldn’t even make yourself a contender for me,’ responds double champ
After beating American veteran Sara McMann on the UFC 257 prelims, Julianna Pena raised a few eyebrows with her post-fights comments in the Octagon.
“The Venezuelan Vixen” (10-4) submitted 40-year-old McMann (12-6) with a third-round rear-naked choke on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi on Sunday morning, but then made the bizarre claim that bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes was “ducking” her.
“I‘m coming off fighting three former world champions, and I just beat the best wrestler in the division. Amanda Nunes, I want to fight you,” Pena said.
“It’s time for her to quit ducking.”
This obviously didn’t go down too well with 32-year-old double champ Nunes.
“Ducking? You couldn’t even make yourself a contender for me. @VenezuelanVixen,” Nunes tweeted after hearing Pena’s remarks.