Mike Bohn: Amanda Nunes vs. Felicia Spencer
There’s not much to criticize about this fight. Of the three title bouts the UFC hopes takes place on this card, the women’s featherweight championship contest between [autotag]Amanda Nunes[/autotag] and [autotag]Felicia Spencer[/autotag] remains as the only unaltered booking.
This was the fight to make for dual-champ Nunes (19-4 MMA, 12-1 UFC), and that remains true to this day. There’s no interim belts or replacement opponents involved here, nor is there any controversy about Spencer (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) being the challenger. It’s actually quite a relief, and has a different feel than the cobbled-together title fights of Ferguson vs. Gaethje and Cejudo vs. Cruz.
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Now, is Nunes vs. Spencer the title fight people are going to care about most on May 9? Far from it. In reality, it’s quite the opposite, and probably at the bottom of the ladder.
Nunes, who also holds the bantamweight title, is going to enter the matchup with Spencer as a massive betting favorite, and rightfully so given her body of work in recent years. But Spencer, even though she’s only on a one-fight win streak, is the right person to be there, especially with “The Lioness” adamant about defending her 145-pound belt next.
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