Amanda Nunes

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Lourenço and the second or paternal family name is Nunes.
Amanda Nunes
Ceremonial weigh ins - Amanda Nunes vs Julianna Peña UFC 269
BornAmanda Lourenço Nunes
(1988-05-30) May 30, 1988 (age 36)
Pojuca, Bahia, Brazil[1]
Other names(The) Lioness[2][3]
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb; 10 st)
DivisionBantamweight (2011–2023)
Featherweight (2008–2011, 2018–2023)
Reach175 cm (69 in)[4][5]
Fighting out ofCoral Springs, Florida, U.S.[6]
TeamTeam Carvalho (2003–2012)[7]
AMA Fight Club (2010–2012)
MMA Masters (2012–2014)[8]
American Top Team (2014–2022)[8][9]
RankBlack belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu[5] under Daniel Valverde[10]
Brown belt in Judo[5]
Years active2008–2023 (MMA)
Mixed martial arts record
Total28
Wins23
By knockout13
By submission4
By decision6
Losses5
By knockout2
By submission2
By decision1
SpouseNina Nunes
Children2
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Amanda Lourenço Nunes (born May 30, 1988) is a Brazilian former professional mixed martial artist. She competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is the former UFC Women's Featherweight Champion and two-time UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion. She was ranked #1 in the UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings[11] at the time of her retirement.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest female mixed martial artists of all time,[12][13] Nunes is the first and only woman to become a two-division UFC champion, and the third fighter to hold UFC titles in two weight classes simultaneously, after Conor McGregor and Daniel Cormier. She is also the only fighter in UFC history to defend two titles in two different weight classes while actively holding them simultaneously. [14][15][16]

  1. ^ "UFC 289 results: Amanda Nunes retires after one-sided title defense vs. Irene Aldana". MMA Junkie. 2023-06-10. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  2. ^ "Amanda Nunes ("The Lioness") | MMA Fighter Page | Tapology". Tapology. 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  3. ^ "Why did Amanda Nunes leave ATT? 'Lioness' explains". 7 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Stats | UFC". ufcstats.com. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  5. ^ a b c "Amanda Nunes | UFC". UFC.com. 14 September 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  6. ^ "Amanda Nunes ("The Lioness") | MMA Fighter Page".
  7. ^ Jéssica Portasio (July 9, 2016). "Nunes travels hard-fought path to stardom". Ultimate Fighting Championship.
  8. ^ a b Katie Barnes (December 23, 2016). "Meet Amanda Nunes, the fighter who has been largely forgotten in lead-up to UFC 207". ESPN.
  9. ^ Raphael Marinho (January 17, 2022). "Fim de um ciclo: Amanda Nunes deixa American Top Team para fundar sua própria equipe". Globo.com (in Portuguese).
  10. ^ Scott Newman (January 3, 2019). "5 things you didn't know about Amanda Nunes". sportskeeda.com.
  11. ^ "UFC Rankings, Division Rankings, P4P rankings, UFC Champions | UFC.com". www.ufc.com. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
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  13. ^ "UFC: Shevchenko on facing Pena or Nunes – 'I can fight both at same time'". 10 May 2022.
  14. ^ Reubyn Coutinho (June 7, 2020). "Twitter Reacts as Amanda Nunes Makes History with Spectacular Win at UFC 250". essentiallysports.com.
  15. ^ Nick Atkin (June 7, 2020). "UFC 250: Amanda Nunes makes history with dominant decision win over Felicia Spencer". South China Morning Post.
  16. ^ Brian Mazique (June 7, 2020). "UFC 250 Results: Amanda Nunes Dominates Felicia Spencer, Makes History". Forbes.