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Amanda Nunes: 'I think I'd be able to win the fight against Ronda (Rousey)'

It only took Cat Zingano 14 seconds to fall to the world-destroyer known as Ronda Rousey at UFC 184.

Instead of implementing any sort of game plan, Zingano ran at Rousey and threw a flying knee, resulting in a quick scramble and an even quicker armbar.

Amanda Nunes, the woman Zingano defeated to book her shot at Rousey, wasn't impressed with the challenger's tactics, or lack thereof, and thinks she would have been better equipped to topple the women's bantamweight champion.

"I think she was not prepared," Nunes told MMAFighting.com's Marc Raimondi. "She didn't have a strategy for this fight. I think she only stepped in the cage and fought and that was it. I know my performance against Rousey, I know I'd be able to do more things, for sure. I think I'd be able to win the fight against Ronda."

Nunes bounced back from her loss to Zingano with a complete decimation of Rousey's fellow "Four Horsewoman" Shayna Baszler at UFC Fight Night 62 in March, and with renewed focus, is hoping a victory over a top-five opponent will vault her into title contention.

"Depending on the opponent and the way I fight, too," Nunes said. "A knockout, a good win, I think I'll have the title shot, the chance."

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