Julianna Pena, Amanda Nunes to Coach TUF 30 Roster of Heavyweights, Women’s Flyweights

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship released the news on Friday that TUF 30 will commence on May 3. All 12 episodes of the season will air on ESPN+, and coaches for the teams will be bantamweight champ Julianna Pena against featherweight queen Amanda Nunes. The lineup will consist of heavyweights as well as women’s flyweights, with eight participants in the ranks of each division.

In the heavyweight division, the cast members include: unbeaten up-and-comer Nyle Bartling, Professional Fighters League vet Chandler Cole, ex-Legacy Fighting Alliance powerhouse Jordan Heiderman, former UFC light heavyweight Rob MacDonald, LFA and Cage Warriors Fighting Championship upstart Zac Pauga, ex-Combate Global prospect Eduardo Perez, 2018 Dana White's Contender Series participant Mitchell Sipe and the brother of UFC welterweight champ in Mohammed Usman.

For women’s flyweights, seven of the eight women that make up the weight category competed for Invicta Fighting Championships, and the lineup includes: “Killa” Chantel Coates, “Grizzly” Claire Guthrie, “Killer” Juliana Miller, “Katniss” Kaytlin Neil, 2021 Contender Series prospect Kathryn Paprocki, “Bella Bestia” Melissa Oddessa Parker, “Iansa” Helen Peralta and “The Bear” Brogan Walker.

At the end of the season, the two coaches will toe the line in the rematch for the bantamweight belt, likely taking place around the summer around International Fight Week. They first came to blows at UFC 269 in December, and Pena sprang one of the biggest upsets in company history by submitting Nunes in the second frame. In victory, Pena became one of a small handful of fighters to come up and win their season of TUF before earning a UFC belt, and she will now be coaching a team ahead of her first title defense.