Can the GOAT get her gold back? Amanda Nunes refocused for rematch at UFC 277

SUNRISE, FLA. — AMANDA NUNES SAT in a chair inside her new gym, running down all of its features like an excited real-estate agent trying to woo her first buyer.

The Lioness Studio has a generous stretch of mat space for training, a full-sized cage, workout equipment and a small sauna. Upstairs is a lounge with a television for film study, a kitchen and a bedroom if anyone wants to catch a nap or even stay overnight.

Nunes said there are still features that need to be added, but one particular thing stands out above all the others.

Nunes, the greatest women's MMA fighter of all time, is the current UFC women's featherweight champion and the former UFC women's bantamweight champion. All those championship belts she has won are at her home and will remain there. Only one title will grace the new Lioness Studio, an ample industrial space about 11 miles west of Fort Lauderdale. And Nunes doesn't have it in her possession. At least not yet.

Amanda Nunes will try to recapture the UFC bantamweight title against Julliana Peña, and Brandon Moreno and Kai Kara-France fight for the interim flyweight title.

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Julianna Peña defeated Nunes last December at UFC 269 in a shocking upset to win the UFC women's bantamweight title. On Saturday, in the main event of UFC 277 in Dallas (10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV), Nunes will have her chance to recapture the bantamweight gold she first won in 2016. If Nunes