Julianna Pena Still Wants Trilogy with Amanda Nunes: ‘This Time I Will Not Miss’

Julianna Pena wants to make it a best-of-three series with Amanda Nunes.

“The Venezuelan Vixen” recently took to Instagram to angle for a trilogy bout with the reigning two-division champion. Pena relinquished the bantamweight crown to Nunes in a five-round verdict at UFC 277 on July 30 after upsetting the Brazilian via second-round submission in their first meeting at UFC 269.

“Everyone keeps asking me what’s next…. I’m getting my belt back that’s what’s next!” Pena wrote. “A trilogy with [Amanda Nunes] is the fight to make.”

Nunes saw a 12-fight winning streak come to an end at UFC 269, when she brawled with Pena and fatigued when she was unable to secure the knockout, allowing her opponent to spring the massive upset with a rear-naked choke in Round 2. Nunes altered her approach by switching stances in the rematch and earned a dominant five-round verdict to regain the bantamweight strap.

“I did everything I said I was going to do going into that first fight. I gave Amanda the immediate rematch within six months and man, maybe I should have sat out for two years like she does? … She had to go home and change and revamp her ENTIRE STYLE to beat me. I take it as a compliment. She outsmarted me the second time, I give her that. We are 1-1 and this time I will not miss!”

It’s not the first time Pena has called for a trilogy with Nunes. Immediately after UFC 277, “The Venezuelan Vixen” expressed a desire to face Nunes for a third time before year’s end.

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