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NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – JUNE 07: Kayla Harrison faces off with former champion Amanda Nunes after her … More victory over Julianna Pena in the UFC women’s bantamweight championship bout during the UFC 316 event at Prudential Center on June 07, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC) Zuffa LLC While newly crowned UFC women’s bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes say there is no animosity between them, Nunes says Harrison was behind her decision to part ways with her former gym, American Top Team. “Yes, I did [leave because of Kayla Harrison],” Nunes told ESPN after UFC 316. “Because when she got there, she started training with my coach, Mike Brown, Anderson [Franca], everybody, and I knew this fight would happen one day. “If I was there now, that would be a problem. A huge problem for [American Top Team owner] Dan [Lambert]. She would have to move. Both training at the same gym, never would have happened.” Nunes said the feeling at ATT was that a fight between herself and Harrison was inevitable. “As soon as she got a microphone, she used to talk about me,” said Nunes. “From that moment, we already started getting like, not different, but like we always respect each other in the gym – but we knew the energy. We never would be able to connect. “Here and there we were training, also I was completely out of shape. Every time I’d come back to the gym, somehow we’re training and I’m like damn, I’m going to train with Kayla when I’m completely out of shape? That’s not fair. Now we’re going to see each other when I’m at full-time in camp, 100 percent strong ‘The Lioness’ and she’s going to know exactly who I am inside the cage.”…

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