Man, i'll probably sound like a conspiracy theorist of sort, but I feel like the Nunes retirement was super fake or planned between she and the UFC. Before the fight she was talking the whole camp about how much she was rejuvenated and couldn't wait to take on many fights ahead in the future, then out of nowhere, RETIREMENT!?!? WTF?
I am at odds with this. If true, then fine. However.....I want to bring up a few things on my mind...
Did she and the UFC plan this without telling anybody else? It seems weird that all of a sudden Pena, who is and was the fight we all wanted to see happen, well she and possibly a 3rd fight with Shevchenko, and now it's not going to happen? Like what!? So Pena drops out due to a rib injury, they throw in boring Aldana, a month or so out, Both Pena and Shevchenko both attended this fight in Canada....like wth?
Everybody knows Pena, and possibly Shevchenko, were gonna be possible bouts in the near future, and she all of a sudden wants to skip out on it now? Is she scared? I would put her as the GOAT right now, but those 2 added fights would absolutely seal the deal for sure, if she won. Did she get cold feet? Is she using it for leverage for a big $$$$ fight? Did she and the UFC do this now so she could go out this way and both sides could brag about having the best female fighter of all-time?
Seems like a load of crap to me, or she is scared!
She may be the GOAT right now, but I would not shoe her in as being the GOAT forever. Beating a boring fighter like Aldana does not do that. She beat Valentina twice, the 2nd fight a lot of people thought Valentina won. Valentina may or may not be what she was at this point, so she is a question mark I guess. But come on, no 3rd rubber-match fight with Pena to use as your retirement going out fight? Come on man!
Maybe the UFC didn't want her to beat anybody else so they could hype up Pena for their future, all the while also protecting Nunes in case she lost?
Anyway...seems a little premature for me, but i'm not her.
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