Amanda Nunes defends belt against Raquel Pennington at UFC 224, in Rio

A. Nunes defends belt at UFC 224. (Photo: Reproduction Twitter ufc_brasil)

The main fight of Ultimate's return to Brazil has been defined! The Brazilian Amanda nunes will put the women's bantamweight belt (up to 61,2 kg.) on the line against the North American Rachel Pennington at UFC 224, an event that takes place on May 12th, at the Jeunesse Arena, in Rio de Janeiro. Although the official announcement has not yet been made, the news was initially released on the Combate channel website and confirmed by the report with sources linked to the duel.

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Initially, Ultimate's plan would be to schedule the champions' superfight Amanda nunes x Chris Cyborg to Rio de Janeiro. But as Cyborg conditioned the dispute to a big show in Las Vegas, and agreed to save the UFC 222 card, next month, the organization went to 'plan B' in the capital of Rio de Janeiro. As Pennington is on a four-fight winning streak, she was chosen to challenge the Lioness.

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Therefore, if Amanda and Cyborg win their fights, they should face each other at UFC 226, on July 7th. The event will be the organization's biggest of the year and already features another super fight of champions: Stipe Miocic x Daniel Cormier they will duel for the heavyweight title. With so many attractions, the show should be the biggest sale of pay-per-view packages of the year and be profitable for the athletes, as the Paraná native had demanded.

Amanda x Pennington

Amanda nunes has a professional record of 15 wins and four losses as a professional. The Brazilian won the category belt by finishing Miesha Tate at the historic UFC 200 in July 2016. Since then, she has defended the belt against Ronda Rousey e Valentina Shevchenko.

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In its turn, Rachel Pennington has a record of nine wins and five losses. The North American, third in the division ranking, comes from a sequence of four consecutive victories. In her last fight she beat the former champion Miesha Tate in the unanimous decision of the judges at UFC 205, in November last year.