NEWARK, N.J. – UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes thinks she should have been fighting Irene Aldana all along.
It was announced last week that Aldana (14-6 MMA, 7-4 UFC) replaced injured Julianna Pena against Nunes (22-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) in the UFC 289 headliner on June 10 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Speaking at the UFC 289 press conference, Nunes admitted she initially expected Aldana to be her next title defense before the UFC opted to make the trilogy with Peña (11-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC).
