The most well-known person in her life is perhaps her wife Nina Ansaroff. Upon defeating Miesha Tate in 2016, she became the first openly lesbian champion in UFC history. During her teenage years, she also got introduced to boxing. It was her elder sister by virtue of whom she first competed in BJJ.
She has two sisters, both older than her. Raised by a single parent, her introduction to the world of martial arts was when she was four and started training in Karate. She was born in Pojuca, a small Brazilian town. Amanda Nunes’ personal lifeĪ lot is not known about her early years. The most famous person closely related to her life is her wife Nina Ansaroff. Though a lot is known about her achievements in the octagon, a lot of people don’t know much about her personal life. This Saturday, the world will witness the reason Nunes is called the GOAT of women’s MMA.Īlso Read: Can Islam Makhachev Follow in the Footsteps of Khabib Nurmagomedov And to take that legacy even further, she will step in the octagon to defend her belt against Julianna Penna.
With her current 11-fight win streak that witnessed her becoming the reigning queen of two divisions, she has defeated the likes of Miesha Tate, Ronda Rousey, Valentina Shevchenko(x2), and Holly Holm. Not many have been as dominant as her inside the octagon as she has been. After all, she is the one who demolished some of the best fighters in the women’s MMA for so long. Amanda Nunes has cemented her legacy as probably the best to ever do it in women’s MMA.