“I respect my opponents, I learned that from life. I used to think I would step in there, throw one punch and the other girl would go down and not get up again. Everytime I thought that, I lost.”

Brazilian-American professional mixed martial artist

Amanda Lourenço Nunes is a Brazilian-American professional mixed martial artist. She competes in the women’s bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is a former UFC women’s featherweight champion and two-time UFC women’s bantamweight champion. She became the first woman in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes, and in 2022 she was ranked number one in the UFC women’s pound-for-pound rankings. Her public profile is tied to elite competition in the octagon and to her status as a landmark figure in women’s mixed martial arts.