Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena don't have beef but the two UFC champions are not friends either. They filmed ‘The Ultimate Fighter' together and it's safe to say the show didn't exactly repair their relationship.
Amanda Nunes came into The Ultimate Fighter ready for Julianna Pena's trash talk and the champion was in for a surprise. Nunes felt like Pena held back despite how much talking the UFC champion did in the past.
“Since Julianna was talking a lot, being the trash talker she is, I thought she would really bring that to TUF, but it didn’t go as I expected,” said Nunes to MMAFighting.
“She was cool, completely different from who she really is. I don’t know if she was faking it because it would air on TV and she doesn’t want bad publicity. She’s too much, and everything’s full of Julianna already – imagine if she’s the way she [really] is on TUF. I think it wouldn’t be good for her, so I think she held back a little bit.”
Julianna Pena completely surprised Amanda Nunes and the Brazilian was confused by the behavior. The UFC featherweight champion even resorted to poking the bear in order to make things more fun.
“I don’t know if she was used to seeing me all the time and that’s why she pumped the brakes on that stuff,” Nunes said. “I even told her, ‘Don’t you talk online? I’m in front of you now, open your mouth.’ But it was cool. [Normally] I don’t talk too much but I asked her, ‘What’s up?’ That’s what TUF is all about, it’s a reality [show] and people want drama.
“I even tried to poke her a little bit to see if I could get something out of her, but didn’t get much. … I didn’t understand much of it. I really expected something completely different than what she was on the show.”
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