Amanda Nunes Says Julianna Peña’s Delusional, Fight Won’t Go To Judges!

Amanda Nunes says Julianna Peña is straight-up “delusional” for thinking she’s gonna take a belt off the champ-champ … but the Lioness tells TMZ Sports that doesn’t mean she’s sleeping on the Venezuelan Vixen’s skills in the Octagon.

We talked to the 33-year-old UFC star just days before her big UFC 269 fight with Peña … and Nunes is ready to goooo.

“[Julianna] is delusional, but it doesn’t mean I’m not taking her seriously. I do. I trained very hard and very smart, I’m very sharp for her. A lot of things she says are not true, she’s being delusional.”

We also asked Nunes, a heavy favorite in the fight, how she envisioned beating Peña.

“Honestly I don’t see this fight going to the judges at all. Honestly. I’m very sharp. I know she’s gonna make a lot of mistakes like she always does.”

Amanda added … “I know I’m gonna catch her many times.”

As you might suspect, 32-year-old Peña — the #3 ranked bantamweight — believes Amanda isn’t taking her seriously … telling us that’s a mistake because she’s coming to win.

“I feel like a lot of people are sleeping on me and they think I’m a sacrificial lamb but I definitely think that, you know, I know that I’m definitely not a sacrificial lamb and everyone loves an underdog,” Peña told us.

There’s more … we also talked to Amanda and her wife, fellow UFC star Nina Nunes about their adorable baby daughter, Reagan.