The journey to her second bout has been a little bit of a roller coaster, but nothing unfamiliar to anyone in the fight game. After a couple of opponent changes, Nunes is slated to fight UFC debutant Ramona Pascual, who most recently scored a first-round finish under the Invicta FC banner in January.
An extra intriguing element to the matchup is the fact that it is now taking place at featherweight. Although such a jarring change can negatively impact a fighter as they ready themselves to compete, Nunes is doing her best to roll with the punches.
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“It affected me a little in the beginning,” she said. “I can’t say it didn’t. But I always train all areas. As an MMA fighter, I have to focus on striking, jiu-jitsu and grappling, so the focus is the same.”
The prospect of a 5-foot-2 featherweight is hard to conceptualize, but that isn’t much of a factor for Nunes. At the end of the day, it’s a fight, and coincidentally, she’s the one with the reach advantage in the matchup.
