{"id":200301,"date":"2016-08-03T21:12:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T04:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=200301"},"modified":"2016-08-03T21:12:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T04:12:26","slug":"amanda-nunes-explains-power-ufc-championship-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/amanda-nunes\/amanda-nunes-explains-power-ufc-championship-belt\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Nunes explains the power of a UFC championship belt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many years ago, former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia revealed that he slept with the UFC championship belt after winning it by knocking out Ricco Rodriguez at UFC 41.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward thirteen years, and UFC women&#8217;s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes is doing the same thing Sylvia once did. She spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/08\/video-amanda-nunes-intends-to-retire-with-ufc-belt-regardless-of-ugly-comments-from-valentina-shevchenko\" target=\"_blank\">MMAJunkie<\/a> to discuss how she has enjoyed the UFC championship belt since <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-amanda-nunes-vs-miesha-tate-highlights\/\">defeating Miesha Tate at UFC 200:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cFor one week, I didn\u2019t sleep at all \u2013 everything was about the belt,\u201d Nunes said. \u201cI\u2019d take it everywhere. It would sleep with me. I\u2019d put it next to the TV. I don\u2019t know if I watched TV or looked at the belt. It was amazing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow I know how every champion feels with that thing at home, how strong it makes you. I know now how Ronda (Rousey) was very dominating, Anderson Silva, Jose Aldo.\u2026 Now I\u2019m going to be like that. I\u2019m going to be dominating for a very long time because it brings so much energy. Amazing. I will keep this belt for a long time. I\u2019m going to retire with this belt, for sure.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So far there has been no word yet as to who Nunes will defend her title against, however if Julianna Pena is correct, a fight with Ronda Rousey is off the table. With that being said, Valentina Shevchenko is fresh off a dominant win over Holly Holm, and could get a title shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many years ago, former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia revealed that he slept with the UFC championship belt after winning it by knocking out Ricco Rodriguez at UFC 41. Fast forward thirteen years, and UFC women&#8217;s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes is doing the same thing Sylvia once did. 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