After her scheduled bantamweight title defense at UFC
265 was scrapped due to a positive COVID test, Amanda
Nunes is ready to get back to work.
American Top Team owner Dan Lambert informed ESPN
on Monday that Nunes has been cleared to return to the gym and that
the two-division champion hopes to fight before December. Nunes was
slated to face Julianna
Pena in the UFC 256 co-main event before the positive test
forced her to withdraw from this past Saturday’s event.
UFC president Dana White said at the UFC 265 post-fight press
conference that the plan was to rebook Nunes vs. Pena once
“Lioness” was able to return to action.
Currently in the middle of a 12-bout winning streak, Nunes last
defended her bantamweight crown in a five-round verdict over
Germaine
de Randamie at UFC 245 in December 2019. She has since defeated
Felicia
Spencer and Megan
Anderson in 145-pound title bouts in her last two Octagon
appearances.