Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate may not have the only rivalry in the UFC’s burgeoning women’s bantamweight division. With a successful promotional debut at Saturday’s UFC 163 event in her native Brazil, Amanda Nunes said her sights are set solely on a title fight. But before she gets there, she’s opening to settling some unfinished business. In an FX-televised preliminary-card bout at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena, Nunes (8-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) needed a little more than two minutes to fight off a rear-naked-choke attempt and score a TKO victory over Sheila Gaff (10-6-1 MMA, 0-2 UFC). Nunes said everything surprisingly went to plan. “I think (with) Sheila’s game, I think everyone who watched Sheila fight knows she’s very aggressive,” Nunes said after the bout. “But today was different. I think she respected me a lot

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With UFC 163 win, Amanda Nunes focused on title but open to Alexis Davis rematch – MMA Junkie

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