{"id":391184,"date":"2021-07-30T05:17:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T12:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=391184"},"modified":"2021-07-30T05:17:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T12:17:13","slug":"amanda-nunes-issues-statement-after-withdrawing-from-julianna-pena-title-fight-at-ufc-265","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/amanda-nunes-issues-statement-after-withdrawing-from-julianna-pena-title-fight-at-ufc-265\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Nunes issues statement after withdrawing from Julianna Pena title fight at UFC 265"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes issued a statement after withdrawing from the Julianna Pena title fight at UFC 265.<\/p>\n

Nunes tested positive for COVID-19 and her 135lbs title fight against Pena<\/a> — which was scheduled to take place next Saturday night at UFC 265 in Houston, Texas — had to be canceled. The UFC’s plan is to keep this title fight intact and book it for later this year once Nunes is healthy again. It’s unfortunate that Nunes and Pena had to have been taken off the card, but sadly, this is unlikely to be the only COVID-19 withdrawal coming up given how many people around the world are still dealing with the coronavirus and its variants.<\/p>\n

Following her withdrawal from the event, Nunes released a statement<\/a> on her social media.<\/p>\n

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