UFC · bantamweight
Amanda Nunes
23–5–0
13 KO · 4 SUB · 6 DEC
- Height
- 5′8″173 cm
- Reach
- 69″175 cm
- Weight
- 135 lb61 kg
- Age
- 38
- Born
- May 30, 1988
- From
- Miami, Florida
- Style
- Striking
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Team
- Team Nunes
- Streak
- 2wins
- UFC
- 16–2
- Last
- Irene AldanaWin · June 10, 2023
Amanda Nunes fights at women's bantamweight in the UFC. She is 16–2 in the UFC.
She beat Irene Aldana by unanimous decision at UFC 289 on June 10, 2023. The women’s bantamweight title was vacated that month. She has won two in a row. The loss before the streak is a rear-naked choke against Julianna Peña at 3:26 of the second round on December 11, 2021.
She meets Kayla Harrison for the women’s bantamweight title on November 14, 2026. That bout is after this filing date. She fights out of Miami and trains at Team Nunes. Her pro debut was a first-round armbar loss to Ana Maria on March 8, 2008.
She started karate at seven, added boxing and jiu-jitsu as a teenager, and holds a black belt in jiu-jitsu and a brown belt in judo. She won NAGA, Pan American, Mundials, and Brazilian state titles in jiu-jitsu. Jose Alvis is her uncle.
Fights
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irene Aldana | Win | Decision (unanimous)Defended the women’s bantamweight title. Vacated in June 2023. | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 289 | |
| Julianna Peña | Win | Decision (unanimous)Won the women’s bantamweight title. | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 277 | |
| Julianna Peña | Loss | Submission (rear-naked choke)Lost the women’s bantamweight title. | 2 | 3:26 | UFC 269 | |
| Megan Anderson | Win | Submission (reverse triangle armbar)Defended the women’s featherweight title. | 1 | 2:03 | UFC 259 | |
| Felicia Spencer | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 250 | |
| Germaine de Randamie | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 245 | |
| Holly Holm | Win | TKO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 4:10 | UFC 239 | |
| Cris Cyborg | Win | KO (punch)Won the women’s featherweight title. | 1 | 0:51 | UFC 232 | |
| Raquel Pennington | Win | TKO (elbows and punches) | 5 | 2:36 | UFC 224 | |
| Valentina Shevchenko | Win | Decision (split) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 215 | |
| Ronda Rousey | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:48 | UFC 207 | |
| Miesha Tate | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke)Won the women’s bantamweight title. | 1 | 3:16 | UFC 200 | |
| Valentina Shevchenko | Win | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 196 | |
| Sara McMann | Win | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:53 | UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux | |
| Shayna Baszler | Win | TKO (leg kick) | 1 | 1:56 | UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare | |
| Cat Zingano | Loss | TKO (elbows and punches) | 3 | 1:21 | UFC 178 | |
| Germaine de Randamie | Win | TKO (elbows) | 1 | 3:56 | UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3 | |
| Sheila Gaff | Win | TKO (punches and elbows) | 1 | 2:08 | UFC 163 | |
| Sarah D'Alelio | Loss | Decision (unanimous)Point deducted for an illegal upkick. | 3 | 5:00 | Invicta FC 4 | |
| Raquel Pa'aluhi | Win | Technical submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:24 | Invicta FC 2 | |
| Alexis Davis | Loss | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:53 | Strikeforce: Barnett vs. Kharitonov | |
| Julia Budd | Win | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:14 | Strikeforce Challengers: Woodley vs. Saffiedine | |
| Ediane Gomes | Win | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:00 | Bitetti Combat 6 | |
| Vanessa Porto | Win | TKO (corner stoppage) | 2 | 5:00 | Samurai Fight Combat 2 | |
| Deise Lee Rocha | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:08 | Samurai Fight Combat 1 | |
| Nadja Nadja | Win | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:10 | Prime MMA Championship 3 | |
| Paty Barbosa | Win | TKO (corner stoppage) | 1 | 0:11 | Demo Fight 3 | |
| Ana Maria | Loss | Submission (armbar)Pro debut. | 1 | 0:35 | Prime MMA Championship 2 |