Feb 8, 2022 · Dec 11, 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Julianna Pena moves in with a hit against Amanda Nunes during UFC 269 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports The reigning featherweight champion explained the injuries to her knees did not allow her to do much grappling training, and her normal weight cut process was ...

Jun 7, 2023 · For UFC 289, Kyte called upon independent striking coach Sean Madden and Eliot Marshall, co-owner and head instructor at Easton Training Center in Denver, Colorado, to provide their thoughts on four key points heading into the bantamweight championship main event between defending champ Amanda Nunes (22-5 MMA, 15-2 UFC) and dangerous challenger ...

Jun 10, 2023 · In the main event, double champ Amanda Nunes (23-5 MMA, 16-2 UFC) put her women's bantamweight title on the line against Mexican challenger Irene Aldana (14-7 MMA, 7-5 UFC). Following a dominant decision win, "The Lioness" announced that her days in the octagon had come to an end.

Dec 14, 2021 · Few discursive avenues in sports are less serious than armchair psychology in both pre-competition prognostication and post-mortem debriefing. Last Saturday’s UFC 269 bantamweight world title fight between defending champ Amanda Nunes and challenger Julianna Peña offers a good case in point.

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Dec 5, 2016 · Amanda Nunes is the current UFC bantamweight champion and the first openly gay UFC champion ever. She won the title when she defeated Miesha Tate is blistering fashion on the biggest stage possible in the main event at UFC 200. She is in a relationship with fellow UFC fighter Nina Ansoroff who Nunes has referred to as “the best training ...

Mar 4, 2021 · WMMA GOAT and champ champ Amanda Nunes defends her featherweight title vs. towering challenger Megan Anderson in the co-main event of UFC 259 on Saturday.

Jul 31, 2022 · Nunes, Julianna Peña engaged in a thoroughly entertaining bout for the bantamweight crown, with Nunes ultimately exacting her revenge.

Mar 5, 2016 · UFC women's bantamweight Valentina 'The Bullet' Shevchenko fights Amanda Nunes on the main card of UFC 196 on Saturday. It is only Shevchenko's second fight in the UFC; her first was a split decision win over Sarah Kaufman, in a fight 'The Bullet' took on eight days notice. Shevchenko has a delightful habit of dancing her way to the ring.

Jan 30, 2022 · Amanda Nunes UFC record: 15-3 (five main events) "Lioness" has finished opponents in 81% of her career wins, is the only two-division champion in women's UFC history, and has competed in nine straight title fights and counting. She's not just the greatest Brazilian female UFC fighter. Not just one of the best female MMA fighters ever.