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Danny Segura

Amanda Nunes says ‘a lot of things went wrong’ in UFC 269 camp vs. Julianna Peña, was advised to pull out

Amanda Nunes’s biggest career defeat came on the heels of one of her worst training camps.

The former two-division UFC women’s champion recently opened up about the troubles she experienced in the lead-up to her massive upset loss to Julianna Peña back at UFC 269 in December 2021.

Nunes (21-5 MMA, 14-2 UFC), who lost the UFC women’s bantamweight title that night in Las Vegas, said she was badly injured heading into her sixth title defense and that she was even advised to pull out of the fight.

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