Nina Nunes

“I have been cleared when I wasn't ok to fight.”

“I told myself when I really retired, I would really retire and focus all my energy on whoever is next.”

“I feel so strong at 125.”

“I'm not a representative of the LGBT community.”

“A lot of people get cleared that haven't been ok to fight.”

“You can't call a person a traitor because they train in the United States.”

“My goal is to be a champion, so if there's any setbacks or anything that bad and no chance of getting it, it gets a little discouraging.”

“My ground game is way better than anyone thinks; I just don't like to play there, I like to strike.”

“I know I could've gone further in this sport, but I took two years off for a baby, a year off for a knee surgery - all these things adding up. I'm just glad I was able to accomplish what I was.”

“If you look at my record just on paper, it looks horrible, but people who know me and people who train with me at American Top Team who are former champions believe in me and encourage me.”

“Every fighter I've fought that has tried to take me down and they end up failing towards the end and I start picking them apart and winning the fight, that's just the way it has gone.”

“As long as everything keeps moving forward, I'm gonna keep following this career.”

“I don't gas and I stay consistent.”

“I always wanted to have more kids, I wanted to have them close together.”

“If I get in a bad position, I know how to get out of a bad position.”

“As a fighter, I think I've done what I wanted to. It started as a hobby.”

“I know how to avoid getting into bad positions.”

“Wherever the fight goes I'm ready for it, and if I have the opportunity to finish it I'm gonna go for the finish no matter where it is.”

“I am a 125er.”

“I always like to give myself a challenge, I don't like to take easy fights.”