Cat Zingano throws barbs on Amanda Nunes

January 6, 2017 2:51 am

MMA Update: Amanda Nunes may have been one of the feel-good stories of 2016, but she’s officially made an enemy.

UFC women’s bantamweight contender Cat Zingano isn’t impressed with how Nunes has carried herself since a one-sided UFC 207 win over Ronda Rousey – and is promising to do something about it.

Zingano today took to Twitter to reveal her displeasure with Nunes’ post-fight reaction following the Brazilian’s 48-second dispatching of the former champ.

I’m not petitioning a rematch yet @Amanda_Leoa I’ll earn it. You’re disrespectful of @RondaRousey & I detest you being ungrateful @ufc

— Alpha Cat Zingano (@CatZingano) January 5, 2017

Nunes never hid her confidence leading up to the UFC 207 clash, revealing that she had been training for Rousey since she first entered the UFC and always felt she had the skills to take out the superstar.
She doubled down on that sentiment in a recent interview with TMZ Sports, questioning how Rousey earned a 6-0 mark in the UFC before suffering a shocking loss to Holly Holm at UFC 193 in November 2015.
“I don’t understand why those girls lost (to) Ronda Rousey,” Nunes said. “I knew since my first fight in the UFC I can beat Ronda Rousey.”

Nunes went on to answer “Yes, for sure,” when asked if Rousey was overrated prior to their Dec. 30 encounter.

Rousey is widely credited as the reason women are even competing in the UFC, with company head Dana White openly admitting he never considered adding women’s divisions until he met the “Rowdy” former champ.

Zingano (9-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) owns a win over Nunes (14-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC), scoring a third-round TKO victory in their September 2014 meeting at UFC 178. Nunes has since rattled off five consecutive victories, including a July win over Miesha Tate to claim the belt and the UFC 207 title defense over Rousey.

Nunes, the UFC’s first openly gay champion, is currently ranked No. 1 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA women’s bantamweight rankings, while Zingano checks in at No. 6.

Category: Mixed Martial Arts