The two women who will lead teams of UFC hopefuls came face-to-face on Monday at “The Ultimate Fighter 30” media day in Las Vegas.
UFC women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Pena and women’s featherweight champion Amanda Nunes, who will coach teams of men’s heavyweights and women’s flyweights on the upcoming season of TUF, faced off while wearing their coaching gear.
The pair met inside the cage at the final UFC pay-per-view event of 2021, where Peña shocked the world by defeating Nunes by submission. The MMA Junkie’s Upset of the Year award-winning moment led to the pair coaching opposite one another on TUF. After filming of the season which begins later this month, the fighters will prepare to meet again inside the cage for what UFC president Dana White believes will be “the biggest women’s fight of all time.”
Check out the staredown in the video above.
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Video: Julianna Peña, Amanda Nunes share respectful faceoff in ‘TUF’ coaching gear