Like a couple of the champions before her, UFC women’s bantamweight titleholder Amanda Nunes is headed to “Live with Kelly.”
Nunes (14-4 MMA, 7-1 UFC) will appear on the syndicated talk show Thursday to talk about her December title defense against former champ Ronda Rousey (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in the UFC 207 main event.
“Live with Kelly,” with host Kelly Ripa, airs in syndication. Check your local listings for exact times. Thursday’s show will be co-hosted by veteran actor Christian Slater, and according to a release from the show, Nunes is expected to show Slater some fighting moves.
Nunes is the latest women’s bantamweight champ to make an appearance on the show. Rousey was a past guest. And after she knocked out Rousey at UFC 193, Holm appeared on the show. Holm lost the belt to Miesha Tate in March 2016, and Nunes dominated Tate to win the title at UFC 200 this past July.
At UFC 207, Nunes tore through Rousey in just 48 seconds to defend the belt, handing Rousey her second straight loss and again bringing into question whether the once-dominant face of women’s MMA will ever fight again.
In recent days, Nunes has said she’ll be interested in the possibility of fighting for a second UFC title now that the promotion has announced an introduction of the featherweight division coming up next month at UFC 208. Holm and Germaine de Randamie fight for the inaugural 145-pound belt.
Nunes is of the belief that if Conor McGregor could go for two titles at the same time, so she can, as well. McGregor was the UFC featherweight champion when he beat Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in November to win the lightweight title, as well. Two weeks later, the UFC removed his featherweight belt and kept him as just the lightweight champion. So if Nunes were to hold the bantamweight title and move up to challenger at featherweight and win a second belt, the way McGregor did, the chances are good she’d have to vacate one, as well.
Nunes doesn’t have her next bantamweight test booked, but a fight between Julianna Pena and Valentina Shevchenko in the UFC on FOX 23 main event next week largely is expected to be a title eliminator.
First, though, for Nunes, she’s got to deal with Ripa and Slater.
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