Brendan Schaub picks Julianna Pena to defeat Amanda Nunes at UFC 277: “She’s more hungry”

Brendan Schaub believes Julianna Pena will defeat Amanda Nunes as soon as once more on Saturday.

This weekend, ‘The Venezuelan Vixen’ will meet ‘The Lioness’ in the principle occasion of UFC 277. It’ll be the second time they’ve fought, as they first squared off at UFC 269 final December. Regardless of being a large underdog, Pena introduced the battle to Nunes.

After surviving the onslaught in spherical one, the challenger turned the tide in spherical two. Pena outlanded, and harm Nunes on the ft, earlier than securing a takedown. After the takedown, she locked up a rear-naked choke to change into the brand new UFC girls’s bantamweight champion.

Heading into the rematch, many followers and pundits imagine the December battle was a fluke. Presently, Nunes is a large favorite heading into the second outing with Pena. Nonetheless, Brendan Schaub doesn’t purchase the percentages.

The fighter-turned-podcaster mentioned Julianna Pena’s rematch with Amanda Nunes on The Schaub Show. There, Schaub predicted that the champion would retain her title. Whereas he famous that Nunes was higher at her peak, he questioned if she’s the identical fighter as of late.

“She’s a favourite on this, -275, which is an absence of respect to Julianna Pena. For those who’re going to guess on this battle, you’re hoping it’s an old-school model of Amanda Nunes. Not the profitable one who has all the things, she’s married with a child, she has a brand new fitness center now, she has cash within the financial institution. Simply how unhealthy does Amanda Nunes need it? I don’t know if I’m prepared to guess on that.”

Brendan Schaub continued, “…If it’s classic Amanda Nunes, she’ll most likely win. However, I simply assume father time has caught up together with her, possibly success may’ve caught up together with her, and Julianna Pena is extra hungry. Additionally, Julianna beat her as soon as and everybody stated it was a fluke. Now, she has one thing to show, that she is the higher fighter. I’ll take Julianna Pena, man.”

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