Name: Amanda Nunes insists height won't be a factor in fight vs. Megan Anderson at UFC 259 | First Take
Uploaded: 2021-03-04T18:35:05.000Z
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The superlative

the fact that Brazilian jiu jitsu is clearly the most influential fighting form in the history of mixed martial arts.

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You know, when you hear about fighters from Brazil, you're expecting the grappling to be the story and the B J J to be the story.

And obviously you can handle yourself there.

But the power, my God and the hand speed.

And not only that, but you're when you fight.

A lot of people can strike, but you move your head off line more like a boxer.

More like someone who has a background in boxing.

That's what a lot of strikers don't do in Emma.

I know you boxed at a young age, but how did that happen in Brazil when B.

You know, I come from the ghetto, so when I started, like, 24 A.

I have to start training, boxing, training, karate training, whatever is gonna make me, like, well around it.

So when I started, like training the first couple punches, the coach was the first one.

Tell me like, Oh my God, you are grappling, But you can punch you can You really can Can get this eventually.

So you just have to keep it training and keep it to improve your game.

So when he told me, I never stopped in that moment training boxing, you know, I start to get better and better and better.

But one day I really saw what he told me was true.

Like almost 10 years ago, I was a gravelly, you know, I was like, straight training for taking her down and then finish around the floor.

So I ended up, knock her out with the jab, and I look at my coaches, like what?

So after that fight, I knew something even better.

And now, like I have this power, I have the speed.

I I know how to use in my rich very well, and I incorporate my strike value having my game.

So now I can really I can really strike with anyone.

And from that moment, if I feel some threat, I can take somebody that I can finish it.

So I'm a rail around it and my my strike just grow with my my strength With everything in my body.

Just always a natural thing in training heart.

I brought up some of the great victories that you've had in your career.

I want to know at this particular juncture at this particular point in your career, is there somebody that you particularly want very, very badly.

Once upon a time, I mean, you know, again, the cyborg people wanted her.

You gotta, uh here's a situation now where you're at the top of the heap and you're the target.

Somebody you're targeting specifically that you want to beat very, very badly?

Have somebody really that I look for I'm a champion.

You know, this is this is this is my job, you know, whatever UFC schedule for me next I will face.

I'm gonna be in my spy and I'm waiting for you.

So no, no matter what we will still want to do, I'm ready to do Amanda to Stephen A's point.

Anderson is a credible opponent, but a big underdog.

And the history of fighting has a lot of examples of dominant champions like you who get upset when they fought the big names.

And now a fighter without the same kind of name comes up on their radar and they don't They can't get up for the fight as much.

You know, Megan obviously is very dangerous.

I feel like she deserved so in the end, I feel like for me, Megan is tall, you know, very tall long.

And that can give me, like, a little bit of trouble in the fight.

But I also have a lot of experience to fight with.

The girls told me Holly Holm is voice one.

So in the gym, I just switch my training partner.

You know, I get, like, a tall guy to, like, really help me with my time and everything.

I know and we're capitalizing and finish the fight.

I feel like you know, she's not ready yet to be a champion.

I feel like she still have have to to go in a path so she'll be able to really realize how big this moment is.

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