1. Amanda Lourenco Nunes was born on May 30,1988 and is a Brazilian former professional mixed martial artist.
60 Facts About Amanda Nunes
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Amanda Nunes competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where she is the former UFC Women's Featherweight Champion and two-time UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion.
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Widely regarded as the greatest female mixed martial artist of all time, 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.
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Amanda Nunes is the only fighter in UFC history to defend two titles in two different weight classes while actively holding them simultaneously.
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Amanda Nunes was born on May 30,1988, in Pojuca, a small town outside of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
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Amanda Nunes has described her mother as a loving but strict parent.
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Amanda Nunes encouraged Amanda to get involved with sports as a way to deal with her excess energy.
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Amanda Nunes initially aspired to become a professional soccer player, starting out in elementary school as a player on the local Pojuca team and later on the Salvador team.
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Amanda Nunes first attended capoeira classes at age five, after her school teacher complained that she was too hyperactive in class.
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Amanda Nunes always says, 'the first strike has to be yours.
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Amanda Nunes lived at an apartment with her sister, but because it was too far away from the gym, she accepted her coach's offer to move there.
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Amanda Nunes currently holds a black belt in BJJ and a brown belt in judo.
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Amanda Nunes made her professional debut on March 8,2008, at Prime MMA Championship 2.
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Amanda Nunes faced Ana Maria and was defeated by armbar submission in the first round.
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Amanda Nunes had won five straight fights, all by knockout prior to making her Strikeforce debut on January 7,2011, at Strikeforce Challengers: Woodley vs Saffiedine in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Amanda Nunes defeated Canadian Julia Budd by knockout in just 14 seconds.
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Amanda Nunes was scheduled to fight Julie Kedzie at Strikeforce: Overeem vs Werdum on June 18,2011, in Dallas, Texas.
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The bout was cancelled after Amanda Nunes sustained a foot injury.
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Amanda Nunes fought Alexis Davis on September 10,2011, at Strikeforce: Barnett vs Kharitonov.
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Amanda Nunes lost the fight via TKO late in the second round.
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Amanda Nunes signed to face Cat Zingano at Strikeforce: Melendez vs Healy on September 29,2012, but the event was cancelled when Gilbert Melendez, who was set to defend his title against Pat Healy, sustained a knee injury in training that forced his withdrawal from the card.
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Amanda Nunes was scheduled to face Milana Dudieva at Invicta FC 2: Baszler vs McMann on July 28,2012.
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Smith withdrew due to an injury and Amanda Nunes ultimately faced Raquel Pa'aluhi.
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Amanda Nunes won the fight via technical submission due to a rear-naked choke in the first round.
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On January 5,2013, Amanda Nunes returned to Invicta FC to face Sarah D'Alelio at Invicta FC 4: Esparza vs Hyatt.
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Amanda Nunes was scheduled to face Kaitlin Young at Invicta FC 5: Penne vs Waterson on April 5,2013.
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Amanda Nunes made her Octagon debut against Sheila Gaff at UFC 163 on August 3,2013, in Brazil.
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Amanda Nunes won the fight via TKO in the first round.
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Amanda Nunes made her second UFC appearance when she faced Germaine de Randamie at UFC Fight Night 31 on November 6,2013.
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Amanda Nunes won the fight via TKO in the first round.
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Amanda Nunes later pulled out of the bout with a dislocated thumb.
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Amanda Nunes faced Cat Zingano on September 27,2014, at UFC 178.
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Amanda Nunes faced Shayna Baszler on March 21,2015, at UFC Fight Night 62.
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Amanda Nunes won the fight via TKO in the first round.
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Amanda Nunes faced Sara McMann on August 8,2015, at UFC Fight Night 73.
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Amanda Nunes won the fight via a rear-naked choke submission in the first round, after knocking her opponent down with a three punch combination.
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Amanda Nunes faced Valentina Shevchenko on March 5,2016, at UFC 196.
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Amanda Nunes won the fight by unanimous decision.
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Amanda Nunes faced Miesha Tate for the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship on July 9,2016, at UFC 200.
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Amanda Nunes stunned Tate early on with knees and punches and then won the fight by submission in the first round.
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Amanda Nunes's victory made her the first openly gay UFC champion.
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On December 30,2016, Amanda Nunes made her first title defense against returning MMA superstar Ronda Rousey in the main event at UFC 207.
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Amanda Nunes won the fight via TKO due to punches 48 seconds into the first round.
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Amanda Nunes was hospitalized the morning of the fight with chronic sinusitis and the fight was cancelled.
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Amanda Nunes faced Raquel Pennington on May 12,2018, at UFC 224.
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Amanda Nunes moved up in weight to face Cris Cyborg for the UFC Women's Featherweight Championship on December 29,2018, at UFC 232.
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Amanda Nunes knocked Cyborg out in 51 seconds of the first round to become the new UFC Women's Featherweight Champion.
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Amanda Nunes returned to bantamweight to make her fourth title defense against former champion Holly Holm on July 6,2019, at UFC 239.
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Amanda Nunes won the fight via knockout in round one after dropping Holm with a head kick and following up with punches.
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Amanda Nunes faced Germaine de Randamie in a rematch on December 14,2019, at UFC 245 to defend her UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
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Amanda Nunes was expected to face Felicia Spencer on May 9,2020, at then UFC 250.
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Amanda Nunes was expected to defend her featherweight title against Megan Anderson in December 2020 at UFC 256.
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Amanda Nunes won the fight via triangle armbar in round one.
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Amanda Nunes was expected to defend her bantamweight title on August 7,2021, at UFC 265 against Julianna Pena.
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Amanda Nunes recaptured the title in a 5-round dominant unanimous decision victory over Pena, and became the first person in UFC history, of either gender to become double champ twice.
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Amanda Nunes became the first fighter to win a title in the weight class below the one in which they were currently holding the title.
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Amanda Nunes received "Fan Bonus of the Night" awards paid in bitcoin of US$30,000 for first place for this fight.
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Amanda Nunes won the fight via a dominant unanimous decision, and announced her retirement from active competition during the post-fight interview.
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Amanda Nunes is married to former UFC fighter Nina Nunes, who competed in the strawweight division.
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On November 6,2023, Amanda Nunes announced via her Instagram post that she and her wife welcomed their second daughter, born on November 1,2023.