A biography for Amanda Nuneshasn’t been written yet.
“I thought about giving up the sport, but I have a lot of good people around me: my wife, Nina, my family. Everybody keeps helping me to be positive and moving forward.”
“I'm going to keep on making history.”
“I'm gonna knock people out.”
“To be the best and to have others call me that, I like it.”
“If they ask me who I want to fight, I'm going to say I want to fight Ronda.”
“I think I'd be able to win the fight against Ronda.”
“I want to retire as champion, and I will make that happen.”
“I'm not running from anyone, I'm the champion and I can choose who I'm going to fight.”
“Juliana Pena says I'm running from her, Valentina Shevchenko also said I'm running from her, and now she's saying Juliana Pena is running from her, too. I don't like to play games.”
“I've been very fortunate throughout my career to fight for the best organizations in the world.”
“When you lose, you have to look at yourself and ask 'where did I lose?' Do I need to change teams or something?”
“I'd have to change all my training style to fight Cyborg.”
“I feel like a lot of people know me because I beat Ronda Rousey.”
“I don't like to do a lot of interviews.”
“You have to be who you are.”
“Fighting in a heavier weight class is a big achievement on its own.”
“Ronda had her time and that buzz around her. She knows it has cooled down now. She knows she lost. That's the problem. She was undefeated for a long time and doesn't know how to deal with a loss now.”
“Honestly, I don't like trash talk, because we gonna fight anyways, right? We don't need to trash talk.”
“I know since my first fight in the UFC I can beat Ronda Rousey, but of course I have to take my time and put everything together.”
“The day I step in the cage with Cyborg, I will be 100% prepared.”