Amanda Lourenço Nunes is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. She competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is the current UFC Women's Featherweight Champion and a former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion. Widely regarded as the greatest female mixed martial artist of all time, Nunes is the first 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 first and only fighter to defend two UFC titles while holding both. As of December 13, 2021, she is ranked #1 in the UFC women's bantamweight rankings and as of January 17, 2022, she is ranked #2 in UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings.
Defended her title at UFC 207 and won by knocking out Ronda Rousey.[Dec 2016].
Was to headline her third consecutive card at T-Mobile Arena but was canceled due to an illness.[July 2017].
Brazilian mixed martial artist. She started training Karate and boxing in her youth and now has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and a brown belt in Judo.