Laura Sanko Talks Amanda Nunes' Next Move in UFC

Former MMA fighter and long time Journalist/on-screen host for UFC Laura Sanko recently spoke to MMA Fighting. ‘Fancy’ Sanko discussed a number of topics during the interview, including the phenomenal rise of Amanda Nunes in the UFC. Interestingly, the one professional fight that Laura Sanko had (at Invicta FC 4, 2013) was the final time Nunes competed outside of the UFC.

‘She’s a wonderful human being,’ Laura Sanko said of Amanda Nunes. ‘What you see of her in her interviews, or her Instagram, or wherever, is her. She is as wonderful a person as she comes across. So genuine, so caring, and I just could not be happier for her dominating these two divisions. It makes the future interesting, but I’m thrilled that she’s the one holding the flag these days because it couldn’t be held by a better person.’

Laura Sanko on Amanda Nunes

‘It’s so hard, right? She has cleared out two divisions,’ Sanko continued, discussing what Amanda Nunes does next in the promotion. ‘I wouldn’t mind the Julianna Pena fight, and I actually wouldn’t mind the Germaine de Randamie fight. That’s an interesting thought she puts out there because’”if you’re just going down a list’”she’s already fought her, she’s already beat her and normally you would scratch that one off, but that was a good fight. If Germaine could approach it differently, you might see something slightly different.”

Laura Sanko finished by suggesting that a trilogy fight against Valentia Shevchenko. ‘But you make these straw man arguments because there is no clear good answer. I wouldn’t mind a third fight with Valentina Shevchenko. She has come the closest to beating Amanda Nunes [during this run] and a lot of people thought she did beat Amanda Nunes in the second one. For her to be the one who has come the closest, to have equality in terms of their status as fighters makes the fight way more interesting’”no offense to Julianna Pena, Germaine de Randamie or any other contender.”