{"id":207815,"date":"2016-10-19T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=207815"},"modified":"2016-10-19T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T16:00:15","slug":"sorry-julianna-pena-amanda-nunes-wins-ufc-207-shes-willing-give-ronda-rousey-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/sorry-julianna-pena-amanda-nunes-wins-ufc-207-shes-willing-give-ronda-rousey-rematch\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorry, Julianna Pe\u00f1a: If Amanda Nunes Wins at UFC 207, She’s Willing to Give Ronda Rousey a Rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"

On December 30, in the main event of UFC 207,<\/a> Ronda Rousey will return to action<\/a> for the first time since she chowed down on a Holly Holm head-kick in November of 2015. The former bantamweight champion will make this comeback opposite Amanda Nunes, the woman who now wears the division’s belt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

News of Rousey’s long-awaited comeback drove the MMA community into a frenzy of excitement. Whether you love her or hate her, at least she’s fighting again.<\/p>\n

Not everyone, however, was pleased when news of Rousey’s comeback fight broke. There was perhaps no one more disappointed by the news than streaking bantamweight contender Julianna Pe\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Under normal circumstances, Pe\u00f1a’s UFC 200 win over Cat Zingano, which extender her streak to four, would have earned her a shot at the bantamweight title. The ever-present possibility of Rousey’s return, however, has always made the bantamweight title picture a bit murky. If she did come back, she’d almost certainly jump the contendership line and receive an immediate title shot.<\/p>\n

\"Julianna<\/a><\/p>\n

To Pe\u00f1a’s disappointment, that’s exactly what’s happened. And so, her title shot will have to wait until Nunes and Rousey have settled their score.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for Pe\u00f1a, however, this could take even longer than expected, as Nunes recently told MMAJunkie.com<\/a> that, if she wins at UFC 207, she’d be keen on giving Rousey an immediate rematch.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course she has the right to fight for the belt,” Nunes said of Rousey’s immediate title shot. “She only lost once, and took some time off to rest. If you look at it on the internet, everyone is waiting for Ronda Rousey to return. Today, the UFC has women\u2019s MMA\u00a0because Rousey managed to change Dana White\u2019s mind and put it in the UFC.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI think she has the right to fight for the belt \u2013 not only once, but twice,” Nunes continued. “I\u2019ll beat her and give her a rematch right after that if she wants.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"ufc<\/a><\/p>\n

This admission from Nunes does not bode well for Pe\u00f1a. Yet the champ is not particularly sympathetic to the contender’s situation.<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s Julianna Pe\u00f1a, who needs to stop talking and fight \u2013 because people want to see big fights,” Nunes said of Pe\u00f1a’s title-shot-or-bust attitude. “That\u2019s why they scheduled this fight with me and Ronda, because it\u2019s a great fight.\u00a0Julianna needs to make her name, to lift up\u00a0her name in order for people to start asking for that fight.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you think Julianna Pe\u00f1a deserved the next bantamweight title shot over the returning Ronda Rousey? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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