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Amanda Nunes

T-Mobile Arena, 3780 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV

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Amanda Nunes became the first fighter, male or female, to simultaneously hold two UFC championships in different weight classes when she added the featherweight title to her existing bantamweight belt in 2018, a two-division reign she'd go on to defend across both weight classes for years afterward. Nicknamed "The Lioness," Nunes's résumé includes wins over two of the sport's other most dominant former champions: a first-round knockout of Ronda Rousey in 2016 that ended Rousey's UFC career, and a decision win over Cris Cyborg in 2018 that unified the featherweight title — two of the most anticipated superfights in UFC women's division history, both settled decisively in Nunes's favor. Nunes retired in 2023 as the UFC's most decorated women's champion, holding UFC records for most wins in women's bantamweight championship fights and among the longest combined title reigns across two divisions of any fighter, male or female, in the promotion's history. Her combination of knockout power and grappling credentials made her one of the few fighters in either the men's or women's divisions genuinely feared everywhere a fight could go — standing or on the ground — a versatility that underpinned her case as the greatest women's MMA fighter of all time.

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