Nunes ‘happy to wait,’ but will campaign for Pena fight if Rousey doesn’t return

After her dominant finish of Miesha Tate to capture the UFC women’s bantamweight championship in the UFC 200 main event two months ago, Amanda Nunes made it clear she wants Ronda Rousey next, and has since continued to do so.

“I hope [Rousey] can get everything together and then get back in the cage soon,” Nunes told BloodyElbow.com’s The MMA Circus. “The biggest fight for my career right now was the one to get the belt. The only one that is gonna be main event and gonna be huge is Ronda Rousey coming back. Everybody wants to see me against Ronda Rousey.”

But the former champion has been relatively quiet since her shocking loss to Holly Holm last year. ‘Rowdy’ has no immediate plans of a return, it appears. UFC president Dana White recently stated that she will not fight at UFC 205, the promotion’s debut in New York, in November.

So what if Rousey never comes back? What if she chooses to focus on her already-successful Hollywood career, instead?

Nunes won’t wait long.

“Of course, I want to fight as soon as possible,” she said. “I’d be happy to wait if they tell me, ‘You are gonna fight Ronda Rousey, for sure, next year, this day.’ I’d wait. But if it’s nothing for sure, if it’s nothing set, I can’t wait. I want to fight. But we’ll see.”

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