With Cris Cyborg set to fight Yana Kunitskaya at UFC 222, that shelves (at least temporarily) a potential super showdown between her and bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes.
So what’s the next step for Nunes? It looks as if a fight with Raquel Pennington is the plan, according to MMA Weekly’s Damon Martin.
Nunes (15-4) has twice successfully defended her title, thrashing Ronda Rousey at UFC 207 and then winning a somewhat controversial split decision vs. Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 215. She’s won her last six fights dating back to 2015, and only Shevchenko (on two occasions) has been able to last the distance with her.