Hottest Pictures Of Amanda Nunes. The Brazilian mixed martial artist Amanda Nunes is popularly considered to be the greatest women’s MMA fighter of all time. Amanda is the first woman who became a two-division UFC champion.
She also became the first and the only fighter in UFC history who defended UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship and UFC Women’s Featherweight Championship while actively holding them.
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She was born on 30th May 1988 in Pojuca, Bahi, Brazil. Amanda began to take training in boxing at 16. She first competed in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. After moving to Miami, Amanda took training at MMA Masters. She made her professional debut in 2008 at Prime MMA Championship 2.
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In 2011, Amanda debuted in Strikeforce and was challenged at Strikeforce Challengers: Woodley vs. Saffiedine. Later, Amanda also faced Cat Zingano at Strikeforce in 2012. That year, she signed with Invicta FC and debuted at Invicta FC 2: Baszler vs. McMann.
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In 2013, Amanda returned to Invicta FC and faced Sarah D’Alelio. She made her debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 2013. In the third promotion, Amanda was set to face Shayna Baszler, but she couldn’t do it for her illness.
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In 2015, Amanda fought Sara McMann in UFC Fight Night 73. In 2016, she won the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship by defeating Miesha Tate. She defended her title in 2017 in a fight with Valentina Shevchenko.
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In 2018, Amanda won the UFC Women’s Featherweight Championship. In 2019, she also defended her UFC Women’s Bantamweight Championship after facing Germaine de Randamie. Amanda is a lesbian, and she is married to fellow UFC fighter Nina Ansaroff. In 2020, Nina gave birth to a child.