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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 13: Julianna Pena prepares to fight Nico Montano in their women’s bantamweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at Golden 1 Center on July 13, 2019 in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 13: Julianna Pena prepares to fight Nico Montano in their women’s bantamweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at Golden 1 Center on July 13, 2019 in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Whether one is a champion or not depends truly on the fans. But, sometimes fighters and wrestlers give their two cents on who the real champion is. Some of them are Shayna Baszler and Julianna Pena.
According to Julianna Pena, she should be the real “mom” champ considering she won a match after giving birth to her daughter. Now, she did admit that Amanda Nunes is a great mother. However, it didn’t make her the mom champ. Possibly hinting at the fact that Nunes did not give birth to her daughter.
Transcription for context: "(They) need to create a new belt for me & it needs to be the 'Baddest Mom on the Planet.' Not trying to take anything away from Amanda. She's a wonderful mother, but I gave birth to my daughter and I feel like for giving birth, I'm the 1st mom champ"
— Adam Hill (@AdamHillLVRJ) December 12, 2021
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Amanda Nunes welcomed her daughter with wife, Nina Ansaroff, when Ansaroff gave birth to their daughter, Reagan Ann Nunes on September 24th, 2020. The fact that Pena dismissed Nunes’ achievement as a mom champ just because she didn’t give birth wasn’t appreciated by many.
One such is WWE Superstar Shayna Baszler. She called out the comment made by Julianna Pena. And, claimed that her comment is why she would never be a role model!
Such a wonderful person to be a role model as champion *sarcasm* https://t.co/AWrWu5CNuw
— Shayna Baszler (@QoSBaszler) December 12, 2021
Not only did Baszler find the comment unnecessary and degrading, so did many fans.
WWE Superstar Becky Lynch was in a similar situation as Julianna Pena
This is a good time to remember that Becky Lynch returned to WWE after giving birth to her daughter and defeated Bianca Belair. Belair is a stepmother to Montez Ford’s children.
But, all the digs Lynch took at Belair were related to The EST of WWE’s capabilities and capacities in the ring and not at motherhood.
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SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 13: Julianna Pena reacts after the conclusion of her women’s bantamweight bout against Nico Montano during the UFC Fight Night event at Golden 1 Center on July 13, 2019 in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
It’s unknown if Amanda Nunes will respond to this comment.
Shayna Baszler is trying to defeat a mother in WWE
Currently, Baszler is in a storyline involving Sonya Deville, Natalya, and Naomi.
Naomi, who is the stepmother to Jimmy Usos’s children, has put a target on WWE Official Sonya Deville for not giving her a match. Shayna Baszler is acting as one of Deville’s pawns in the game, and protecting Deville from Naomi.
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Their last confrontation was on WWE SmackDown: December 10th, 2021 when Deville entered the ring to dig Naomi. However, Baszler and Natalya had her covered from two sides. This is when Xia Li made her SmackDown debut and came to Naomi’s aid.
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