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I see a lot of people saying this but I don’t agree. Valentina doesn’t press the action like Pena does. She’s purely a counter striker for the most part and I really can’t see her standing in the pocket with Nunes like Pena did.
Pena can do that because she has an iron chin and hits hard. Plus she has the same reach as Nunes. Valentina doesn’t like getting hit and she doesn’t have much power in her hands.
Also, Nunes didn’t take Pena down after the first round because she realised just how good Pena is at fighting off her back. She was able to just lay on top of Valentina when she took her down, but not against Pena who is very good at scrambling and fighting off her back.
Its easy to say Valentina could beat Nunes after seeing that fight, but I think it’s more to do with styles make fights. We saw this version of Nunes because Julianna Pena is stylistically a bad match-up for her.
Pena can do that because she has an iron chin and hits hard. Plus she has the same reach as Nunes. Valentina doesn’t like getting hit and she doesn’t have much power in her hands.
Also, Nunes didn’t take Pena down after the first round because she realised just how good Pena is at fighting off her back. She was able to just lay on top of Valentina when she took her down, but not against Pena who is very good at scrambling and fighting off her back.
Its easy to say Valentina could beat Nunes after seeing that fight, but I think it’s more to do with styles make fights. We saw this version of Nunes because Julianna Pena is stylistically a bad match-up for her.