On Saturday’s UFC 287 show, it was announced that Amanda Nunes and Julianna Peña are going to fight each other again! This trilogy bout which is going to serve as the main event of the upcoming UFC 289 event will take place on June 10th at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada. Nunes (22 wins and 5 losses) currently holds the bantamweight title and Peña (11 wins and 5 losses) is ranked second in MMA Fighting Global Rankings.
So far, Peña and Nunes are tied at 1-1. Peña was able to beat Nunes in their first match and became the bantamweight champion during UFC 269, but then Nunes defeated Peña in an immediate rematch held during UFC 277 and won by a large margin with three votes of 50-45, 50-44, and 50-43.
Before her loss to Peña, Nunes was on an amazing 12-win streak. She won five championship fights and defended her bantamweight and featherweight titles twice each. Right now, she is the UFC champion for both weight divisions.
