{"id":322765,"date":"2019-08-17T12:30:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T19:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=322765"},"modified":"2019-08-17T12:30:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T19:30:40","slug":"breaking-amanda-nunes-set-to-return-at-ufc-245","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-amanda-nunes-set-to-return-at-ufc-245\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking! Amanda Nunes set to return at UFC 245"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC women\u2019s \u2018champ champ\u2019 Amanda Nunes will return to the Octagon at December\u2019s UFC 245 event in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\">ESPN<\/a>\u2019s Brett Okamoto, who reported the following on Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking: Amanda Nunes will defend her bantamweight title against Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245 on Dec. 14 in Las Vegas, per multiple sources. The double champ seeking her fifth 135 title defense. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BMkvfvlirv\">https:\/\/t.co\/BMkvfvlirv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bokamotoESPN\/status\/1162805140044173312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBreaking: Amanda Nunes will defend her bantamweight title against Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245 on Dec. 14 in Las Vegas, per multiple sources. The double champ seeking her fifth 135 title defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Nunes was last seen in action at July\u2019s UFC 239 event where she defeated Holly Holm via knockout to retain her UFC women\u2019s bantamweight title.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Lioness<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/dan-lambert-believes-amanda-nunes-belongs-in-the-goat-conversation\/\">The Lioness<\/a>\u2019 is also the UFC\u2019s women\u2019s featherweight title holder, this after knocking out Cris Cyborg at UFC 232.<\/p>\n<p>Nunes now meets former UFC women\u2019s featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-319830\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Germaine-de-Randamie-Amanda-Nunes.jpg\" alt=\"Germaine de Randamie, Amanda Nunes\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Germaine-de-Randamie-Amanda-Nunes.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Germaine-de-Randamie-Amanda-Nunes-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2018GDR\u2019 is coming off a sensational first round knockout victory over the previously undefeated Aspen Ladd.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 245 takes place December 14 in Las Vegas, Nevada!<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will emerge victorious when Amanda Nunes and Germaine de Randamie square off for the women\u2019s bantamweight title at UFC 245? Sound off in the comments section Penn Nation!<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on bjpenn.com August 17, 2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC women\u2019s \u2018champ champ\u2019 Amanda Nunes will return to the Octagon at December\u2019s UFC 245 event in Las Vegas. The news comes via ESPN\u2019s Brett Okamoto, who reported the following on Twitter: Breaking: Amanda Nunes will defend her bantamweight title against Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245 on Dec. 14 in Las Vegas, per multiple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":305410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10274,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Breaking! 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