Amanda Nunes News

Natasha Hooper - March 9, 2020

Women’s MMA is needed now more than ever before. At UFC 248, fans witnessed an all-out war from strawweight royalty Weili Zhang and Joanna Joanna Jędrzejczyk. The pair collided in an action-packed brawl that seemingly overshadowed the main event between Israel Adesanya vs Yoel Romero. Out of left field, MMA fighter Islam Makhachev disregarded the female athletes with a now-deleted tweet, “this is not a women’s sport” he stated. Even Dana White previously dismissed the idea of a women’s division in the UFC. The MMA anti-female rhetoric attracts criticism but nevertheless highlights an ongoing perception that females should not fight.

Natasha Hooper - March 6, 2020

Two-division champion Amanda Nunes has announced she is expecting a baby girl with fellow MMA fighter Nina Ansaroff. The exciting news comes as a great start to 2020 for the couple, who have been talking about having children together since 2017. They came to a mutual decision that Ansaroff would carry their child. This follows their engagement in 2018 where “The Lioness” dropped down on one knee to propose to her partner.

Tom Taylor - March 5, 2020

Felicia Spencer will be the first woman to challenge Amanda Nunes for the UFC featherweight title. The pair will collide at UFC 250, which goes down on May 9 in Nunes’ native Brazil. UFC President Dana White announced the news through ESPN reporter Brett Okamoto.

Adam D Martin - March 1, 2020

UFC women’s featherweight champion Amanda Nunes says she was impressed by both Felicia Spencer and Megan Anderson at UFC Norfolk. The UFC women’s featherweight division had two fights at UFC Norfolk. In the first, Anderson finished Octagon newcomer Norma Dumont in devastating fashion with a first-round KO. In the second, Spencer stopped Zarah Fairn in the first round with heavy ground-and-pound. Both Anderson and Spencer were very impressive in their performances, and Nunes took notice of what each woman did.

Mike Heck - February 24, 2020

Megan Anderson believes a shot at Amanda Nunes and the UFC women’s featherweight title will come eventually. That’s why she is focused solely on this Saturday when she faces an unbeaten fighter that is hoping to make a big statement. Anderson will face Norma Dumont this Saturday at UFC on ESPN+ 27. The event takes place at the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Va. and will be headlined by a fight for the vacant flyweight title between Joseph Benavidez and Deiveson Figueiredo.

Cole Shelton - January 28, 2020

Valentina Shevchenko expects to fight Amanda Nunes again. The two first met at UFC 196 where it was Nunes who won by unanimous decision and would go on to win the bantamweight title in her next fight. The rematch then came a year and a half later where Nunes edged out a split-decision to defend her title and beat the Krygyzstan native again.

Adam Martin - January 27, 2020

The UFC has decided to split up the pound-for-pound rankings as men and women fighters will now be ranked in their own categories. Even since the UFC instituted the pound-for-pound rankings a few years ago, they have allowed panelists to combine both men and women in the rankings. That’s led to some controversy, and many fans and media have felt for quite some time that there should be separate rankings for male and female fighters.

Mike Pendleton - January 16, 2020

During his sit-down interview with Aaron Bronsteter of TSN, UFC President Dana White hit on a wide range of topics, and brought some more attention to a possible crossover fight. There have recently been talks of a potential fight between boxing world champion Claressa Shields and reigning UFC bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes, and White isn’t hiding his plans for a fight between the two. When asked for an update on a potential fight between Nunes and Shields, White told Bronsteter that it’s not hard to figure out what’s going on between all parties involved and he believes the best opponent for each fighter is the other.

Mike Heck - January 3, 2020

Claressa Shields is looking to make a lot of history in 2020 — in the boxing ring, and in the world of mixed martial arts. Shields has the opportunity to become a three-division world boxing champion and do so faster than any fighter in history when she faces Ivana Habazin on Jan. 10 for the vacant WBC and WBO 154-pound titles. The event will take place at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. and will air on Showtime.

Adam Martin - January 2, 2020

UFC president Dana White explained why UFC women’s double champion Amanda Nunes is the greatest female MMA fighter of all time. Taking it one step further, White says that Nunes belongs on the shortlist of MMA GOATs regardless of gender. Speaking to UFC.com in a recent interview, White offered up lavish praise to Nunes, the UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion. Here’s what the UFC boss man said.

Adam Martin - December 19, 2019

The opening betting odds have been revealed for a potential MMA bout between UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes and boxing world champion Claressa Shields. Nunes defeated Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245 last weekend to retain the UFC women’s bantamweight title. Shields was in attendance at the event as a guest of UFC president Dana White but didn’t enter the cage to challenge Nunes as many assumed she would. Still, White and Nunes both admitted interest in a matchup against Shields.

Cole Shelton - December 16, 2019

In the main event of UFC 245, the final UFC pay-per-view of the decade, welterweight champ Kamaru Usman and challenger Colby Covington finally settled their differences. The co-main attractions of the card saw Max Holloway put up his featherweight title against Alexander Volkanovski and Amanda Nunes defend her bantamweight title against Germaine de Randamie. In the end, only one title changed hands as Volkanovski dethroned Holloway by decision. Usman TKO’d Covington in the fifth and Nunes dominated de Randamie for a decision win.

Chris Taylor - December 14, 2019

A women’s bantamweight title fight between Amanda Nunes and Germaine de Randamie took place at tonight’s UFC 245 pay-per-view event in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nunes had most recently defended her bantamweight crown at July’s UFC 239 event in Las Vegas, where she scored a TKO victory over former champion Holly Holm.

Chris Taylor - December 14, 2019

The UFC women’s bantamweight title is up for grabs on tonight’s UFC 245 main card as current champion Amanda Nunes squares off with Germaine de Randamie. The promotions current “champ champ”, Amanda Nunes (18-4 MMA), was last seen in action at July’s UFC 239 event, where she defended her women’s bantamweight title with a TKO victory over former champion Holly Holm (see that here).

Tom Taylor - December 13, 2019

In the first of three title fights on the UFC 245 bill, two-division champion Amanda Nunes will attempt to defend her bantamweight belt against Germaine de Randamie. Nunes has bested de Randamie once before, and with a carefully constructed gameplan, intends to do so again.

Natasha Hooper - December 13, 2019

UFC 245 takes place on Saturday December 14 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. On the main card, Germaine De Randamie will take on the two-division champion Amanda Nunes. Her opponent is riding a 9-fight win streak and has defended her belt four times. Whilst the risks for De Randamie are great, the rewards are arguably much greater. The Dutch fighter fought and lost to Amanda Nunes in 2013. “The Lioness” relied on her signature punching power to seal the victory in the first round. De Randamie hasn’t lost a fight since their 2013 showdown. If she can vindicate her performance and defeat Nunes for the first time, De Randamie will become the 8th fighter in UFC history to hold belts in two divisions.

Tom Taylor - December 12, 2019

There’s recently been renewed discussion about a potential MMA showdown between two-division UFC champion Amanda Nunes and boxing champion Claressa Shields — thanks in large part to the comments of Dana White. “Claressa Shields is coming [to UFC 245],” White told BT Sport ahead of Nunes’ Saturday night bantamweight title fight with challenger Germaine de Randamie (via MMA Fighting). “She’ll be here Saturday to watch the fight. She’s coming to watch the fight, and I will be honest with you, Claressa Shields’ people and I have talked. I don’t know, we’ll see. We’ve talked.

Cole Shelton - December 12, 2019

At UFC 245, Amanda Nunes will look to defend her bantamweight title once again when she takes on Germaine de Randamie. The contest will be a rematch of a 2013 fight, which Nunes won by first-round TKO. Heading into the fight, the Brazilian champion is a -300 favorite while the challenger is a +230 underdog.