10 Badass Facts about the New Women’s Bantamweight Champ Amanda Nunes

For more than 1,070 days Ronda Rousey reigned as the Ultimate Fighting Championship Women’s Bantamweight champion, and it seemed like her dominance was to remain unopposed, but after the Holly Holm upset, the title changed owners two more times, and after Miesha Tate, Brazilian fighter Amanda Nunes is the new champ. Two of her most recent predecessors have held the belt for just over 100 days, but if we look back on the dominant way the Lioness won her fight against Tate we can predict that she’ll not let her waist bling go to another fighter that easily. That being so, we decided to search for some badass facts about the new women’s Bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes.First! Nunes is the first openly gay UFC champion, and she is reported to be in a four-year long relationship with another UFC fighter — Nina Ansaroff. Luckily, the lovebirds are not in the same category, as Ansaroff competes in the strawweight division, but they do touch gloves as these love partners are also training partners. Nunes is the pride of the LGBTQ community, but of Brazil also, as she is the first female Brazilian-born UFC champion!Lifelong fighter This 28-year-old woman is a lifelong fighter, because she started training karate at the age of seven, as her mother said she was quite energetic; she transitioned into boxing at the age of sixteen. Her sister invited her to start training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Nunes made her MMA debut in 2008 at the age of 20.Leoa Amanda Nunes carries the badass nickname …

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