One would think that Amanda would take advantage of this opportunity to make some easy title defenses and build her championship resume, but it does not appear that she is ready to fight anytime soon.
Ketlen Viera seems like the most qualified candidate for a title shot. She has already made it public that she believes she can beat Nunes. Her most recent win over Sara McMann ended by stoppage, and we saw some real grit by the Brazilian prospect as she had to weather a vicious storm administered by McMann. It would be nice if Amanda gave the undefeated fellow country woman a shot, especially given the current state of the bantamweight division.
It appears that 135 will be the least exciting in women's UFC for a while. Meanwhile the strawweight division just got heated up as Rose Namajunas dethroned the former Strawweight Queen Joanna Jedrzejczyk, and as UFC recently signed the promising Yan Xiaonan, who is a former title holder in One FC, Road FC, URCC and WKF.
We also have the currently developing flyweight division which is no doubt the most intriguing division at the moment with fighters like Nicco Montano, Sijara Eubanks, Valentina Shevchenko and other fighters all on a crash course with each other. Even the featherweight division is offering more buzz than bantamweight with the upcoming fight between Holm and Cyborg.
The other divisions are doing a great job of keeping things interesting until the first UFC female division emerges from the ICU but it's no doubt in a deep coma at the moment.
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