Former UFC two-division champion Amanda Nunes has shared her first message since Kayla Harrison’s surprising exit from UFC 324.
UFC 324 took an enormous hit when UFC girls’s bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison was pressured to withdraw from her scheduled return battle in opposition to Amanda Nunes as a consequence of harm. Harrison, who received the UFC girls’s bantamweight title at UFC 316 final 12 months, is predicted to be sidelined for a minimum of six months with a neck harm.
As of this writing, it’s unclear whether or not Nunes, scheduled for her first battle since UFC 289, will stay on the cardboard for the interim title battle at UFC 324. UFC matchmakers have promoted Sean O’Malley vs. Tune Yadong to the co-main occasion slot.
Nunes and Harrison are former teammates on American High Group and have been on a collision course after UFC 316. Harrison just lately broke her social media silence since her surprising withdrawal from UFC 324, and now Nunes has adopted go well with.
Amanda Nunes shares chilly message after Kayla Harrison misses UFC 324
Just lately Instagram With this put up, Nunes broke her social media silence for the primary time since Harrison’s departure.
“The flame lives on,” Nunes posted footage of Harrison coaching with former PFL opponent Larissa Pacheco.
Nunes retired after efficiently defending her bantamweight title in opposition to Irene Aldana at UFC 289 in Vancouver. She was scheduled to battle Juliana Pena in a trilogy at UFC 289 till Pena withdrew as a consequence of harm.
Nunes, 37, is taken into account by many to be one of many best fighters of all time, no matter gender. She defeated the likes of Ronda Rousey, Holly Holm and Cris Cyborg in her early days within the UFC.
As of this writing, the UFC’s present plan seems to be to postpone Harrison vs. Nunes to a later date. In the meantime, Nunes is coaching arduous within the gymnasium alongside the one lady in her skilled blended martial arts profession to beat Harrison.
