{"id":338295,"date":"2020-01-16T08:54:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T16:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=338295"},"modified":"2020-01-16T08:54:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T16:54:18","slug":"dana-white-updates-on-potential-amanda-nunes-vs-claressa-shields-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-updates-on-potential-amanda-nunes-vs-claressa-shields-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White updates on potential Amanda Nunes vs. Claressa Shields fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During his sit-down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DTsQ_GiqI1g&amp;t=54s\">interview with Aaron Bronsteter of TSN<\/a>, UFC President Dana White hit on a wide range of topics, and brought some more attention to a possible crossover fight. There have recently been talks of a potential fight between boxing world champion Claressa Shields and reigning UFC bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes, and White isn&#8217;t hiding his plans for a fight between the two.<\/p>\n<p>When asked for an update on a potential fight between Nunes and Shields, White told Bronsteter that it&#8217;s not hard to figure out what&#8217;s going on between all parties involved and he believes the best opponent for each fighter is the other.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Listen, you don&#8217;t have to be a genius to put the pieces of that puzzle together,\u201d White said. \u201cClaressa Shields was here, her and I met, she came to the fight, and we&#8217;ve obviously been talking back-and-forth. She wants to get into MMA, I&#8217;m getting into boxing and yeah, I bet people would like to watch that fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shields made her first appearance at a UFC event when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kSUHqS-UbOI\">she was a special guest backstage<\/a> at UFC 245 in December and spoke about her meeting with White. Shields\u2019 appearance came on the same night that Nunes defended her bantamweight title against Germaine de Randamie. Post-fight\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/amanda-nunes-warns-claressa-shields-amid-talk-of-ufc-move\/\">the UFC champion issued a warning to Shields<\/a> about coming over to MMA.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/claressa-shields-says-she-will-train-with-jon-jones-make-mma-debut-in-2020\/\">Shields told BJPenn.com<\/a> that she plans to train with UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and that she wants her MMA debut to come in 2020. Shields&#8217; promoter Dmitriy Salita recently said that he believes a crossover fight between Nunes and Shields would be the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/promoter-claressa-shields-vs-amanda-nunes-would-be-the-biggest-womens-sporting-event-of-all-time\/\">biggest women&#8217;s sporting event of all-time<\/a>&#8221; and that a boxing fight between the two is what would make most sense.<\/p>\n<p>While White said it wouldn&#8217;t take a genius to figure out what&#8217;s going on between Shields, Nunes, and White, he gave no indication if a fight between the two champions would be a boxing or MMA bout.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to see Amanda Nunes vs Claressa Shields in 2020?<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 1\/16\/2020.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During his sit-down interview with Aaron Bronsteter of TSN, UFC President Dana White hit on a wide range of topics, and brought some more attention to a possible crossover fight. 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