Amanda Nunes defeated Irene Aldana via unanimous decision (50-44, 50-44, 50-43) to retain her UFC women’s bantamweight championship. Following the fight, Nunes announced her retirement from MMA. UFC289
Nunes is regarded as the best female mixed martial artist of all time. She is the first woman to become a two-division UFC champion. Nunes joins Conor McGregor and Daniel Cormier as the fighters who hold UFC titles in two weight classes simultaneously.With Saturday’s victory, Nunes leaves MMA with 23 wins. Thirteen of them were via knockout, four by submission and six by decision. Nunes has only five losses to her record, the last happening against Julianna Peña on Dec.
Nunes was a UFC featherweight champion and a two-time bantamweight champion. She leaves the sport ranked No. 1 in the UFC women’s pound-for-pound rankings.“Tonight is the perfect night to retire,” Nunes said. “Double champion forever.”
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