Amanda Nunes

Overview

Sixteen UFC wins, ten finishes, and nine of those finishes came in round one.

Amanda "The Lioness" Nunes fights at women's bantamweight out of Team Nunes. Her UFC record is 16-2, inside a 23-5-0 professional record across all promotions. She is not listed as a champion in our data, and her last two fights are wins. Both losses came in the UFC: one by KO/TKO, one by submission.

She doesn't win slowly. When it ends early, it ends in the first round.

UFC Career

Nunes debuted in August 2013 with a first-round TKO of Sheila Gaff (2:08), then stopped Germaine de Randamie in round one that November. A third-round TKO loss to Cat Zingano in September 2014 was the first of her two UFC defeats.

What followed was the run that defines her. Between that loss and December 2021 she won twelve straight, her longest UFC streak. It started with a first-round TKO of Shayna Baszler and a first-round submission of Sara McMann, then a unanimous decision over Valentina Shevchenko.

She headlined UFC 200 and submitted Miesha Tate in round one. Five months later, at UFC 207, she stopped Ronda Rousey in 48 seconds, a win over an opponent our model rates as strong. The rematch with Shevchenko at UFC 215 went five rounds and ended in a split decision.

Two of the bigger finishes came after that: Raquel Pennington in round five at UFC 224 (2:36), and Cristiane Justino in 51 seconds at UFC 232. Holly Holm went in round one at UFC 239. Then she went the distance in five-round fights with de Randamie and Felicia Spencer, winning both by unanimous decision, before submitting Megan Anderson in round one.

The streak ended at UFC 269, where Julianna Pena submitted her in round two (3:26). Nunes answered in the rematch at UFC 277, winning a five-round unanimous decision over an opponent our model rates as strong. She followed with another five-round decision over Irene Aldana in a main event.

Two losses in eighteen fights. Both are on the record, and so is the answer she gave to the second one.

Fighting Style

Amanda Nunes is a busy striker who is hard to hit. She lands at a high rate, her accuracy is good, and she takes far less damage than most fighters in the UFC. She is the one who tends to land more in an exchange.

She also brings a real wrestling game. She goes for takedowns far more often than most of the UFC, and she is very hard to take down herself. Her submission attempts run above the UFC average, and three of her wins came by submission.

Her finishing pattern is the clearest part. She has seven wins by KO/TKO, three by submission and six by decision. Of her ten finishes, nine came in round one, and the other was a round-five stoppage.

Notable Wins

• Ronda Rousey — KO/TKO, round 1 (0:48), UFC 207 (2016)
• Cristiane Justino — KO/TKO, round 1 (0:51), UFC 232 (2018)
• Julianna Pena — unanimous decision, round 5, UFC 277 (2022)
• Raquel Pennington — KO/TKO, round 5 (2:36), UFC 224 (2018)

Quick Facts

• Division: Women's Bantamweight
• UFC record: 16-2 (7 KO/TKO, 3 submission, 6 decision)
• Professional record (all promotions): 23-5-0
• UFC debut: 2013
• Stance: Orthodox
• Height / reach: 5'8" / 69"
• Team: Team Nunes
• Born: Brazil