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Opening odds released for UFC 232 showdown between Cris Cyborg and Amanda Nunes
Last night, news surfaced that UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg will next defend her title opposite bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes at UFC 232 on December 29 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight stands out as one of the biggest in the history of women’s mixed martial arts. Shortly after news of this huge super fight […]
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BREAKING | Champions clash of Cris Cyborg vs Amanda Nunes official for UFC 232
The first female super-fight is finally on. After speculation of if and when it would happen, the bantamweight and featherweight champs will meet. The only logical next fight for the longtime featherweight ruler Cris “Cyborg” Justino seems to be a big champion vs champion fight and now she’s got it. At UFC 232 on December 29th […]
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UFC bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes and strawweight contender Nina Ansaroff are engaged
UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes and her long-time girlfriend and training partner Nina Ansaroff are now engaged. The pair announced this happy news on their respective social media channels. #shesaidyes ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Xkva8UgPZo — Amanda Nunes (@Amanda_Leoa) August 18, 2018 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmog7UXBOdN/ At present, there’s no news on the date and setting of the pair’s wedding. Amanda […]
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Dana White gives promising update on Cris Cyborg vs. Amanda Nunes super fight
The UFC has been trying to book a women’s featherweight super fight between reigning divisional champion Cris Cyborg and bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes for months. Unfortunately, the promotion has not been able to nail the fight down as of yet. Speaking earlier this weekend in the buildup to UFC on FOX 30 in Calgary, Alberta, […]
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Amanda Nunes explains delay on Cris Cyborg matchup
UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg was hoping to defend her title opposite Amanda Nunes at UFC 228 this September 8. Unfortunately for Cyborg, Nunes is hoping the fight will occur at UFC 232 on December 29. Speaking on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show this week, Nunes explained why she’d prefer that this fight occur later on […]
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Report | Holly Holm vs Ketlen Vieira possible for an interim title if Amanda Nunes challenges Cris Cyborg
With the possibility of yet another super fight on the horizon…this time in the women’s divisions, it presents an opening for the UFC to grant another interim crown. A super fight between the UFC’s featherweight and bantamweight champions has been on the minds of many fans and pundits alike. Dating back to around the beginning […]
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Amanda Nunes Tweets signed bout agreement for December 29 superfight, ‘Cyborg’ is not happy
Last night, UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg began to call for a super fight with Amanda Nunes at UFC 228 on September 8. I agreed for second time , fight Amanda Nunes September 8 #UFCdallas #UFC228 my last fight was 4 months ago. I’m ready to fight. — @CrisCyborg.Com (@criscyborg) July 11, 2018 Let’s go […]
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Cris Cyborg agrees to potential bout with Amanda Nunes for UFC 228
From the biggest super fight between men in MMA to the biggest super fight between women? It certainly appears to be a possibility. In the early stages of UFC 226’s coming together, it was looking like there was a possibility for the card to be the “super fight card” by playing host to three epic champion […]
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Amanda Nunes nunes calls for fight with Holly Holm, Cris Cyborg joins conversation
Former UFC bantamweight champion Holly Holm was the picture of dominance in her UFC 225 main card featherweight battle with Megan Anderson, showing off a rarely seen but extremely impressive ground game en route to a lopsided unanimous decision win. With this victory, Holm effectively established herself as the number-one contender at both featherweight and […]
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Cris Cyborg thinks UFC wants rematch with Holly Holm, will fight with Amanda Nunes after
Everyone has their eyes on a big super fight these days it seems. And UFC women’s featherweight champion, Cris Cyborg is no different. Cyborg is unbeaten in the UFC(5-0) and has racked up two title defenses since officially becoming the champion in July 2017 when she defeated Invicta FC bantamweight champion, Tonya Evinger. Although the […]
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Amanda Nunes says Raquel Pennington’s corner “failed” at UFC 224
Last night’s UFC 224 event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was headlined by a women’s bantamweight title fight featuring current champion Amanda Nunes taking on surging division contender Raquel Pennington. “The Lioness” was able to utilize some heavy low kicks throughout the course of the fight to soften up “Rocky”. Nunes would eventually land a […]
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MMA Community reacts to Amanda Nunes win and Raquel Pennington’s corner forcing their athlete to continue fighting
A women’s bantamweight title fight between champion Amanda Nunes and top contender Raquel Pennington headlined tonight’s UFC 224 event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Amanda Nunes utilized some nasty low kicks to batter the legs of her opponent early and often throughout the course of their championship bout. At the end of round four Pennington […]
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UFC 224 Results: Amanda Nunes finishes Raquel Pennington (VIDEO)
A women’s bantamweight title fight headlined tonight’s UFC 224 event as Amanda Nunes put her title on the line against Raquel Pennington. Round one begins and Nunes starts off quickly by taking the center of the octagon. She leaps in with a left that fails to hit the mark. Nunes with a huge low kick […]
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VIDEO | Amanda Nunes Shares Plans of Getting Married and Starting A Family
https://twitter.com/MMAFighting/status/976546940027457536 “I haven’t even got married yet. I think that those are future plans [to have a child]. Nina [Ansaroff] is getting closer to the ranking and I think she has a great chance of also being a champion. So she wants another couple of opportunities to see where she can get in the rankings […]
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Amanda Nunes not interested in Valentina Shevchenko rematch: I don’t care about her
UFC women’s bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes and top flyweight contender Valentina Shevchenko have previously engaged in two competitive scraps, with Nunes’ emerging the victor by a narrow margin on both occasions. While the grounds for a third fight would certainly seem to be there as a result, this is not something Nunes is interested in. […]
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VIDEO | Couples Clash, Teammates Tecia Torres & Nina Ansaroff Discuss Preparation for UFC 224
Tecia Torres: “Well here in Brazil…we’re friends so we’re gonna be friends but when it comes down to the fight in May, business is business. Amanda [Nunes] is the champion for a reason. She deserves to be there but in this sport we all want that same spot so we have to fight for it […]
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Cris Cyborg Believes Amanda Nunes is Just Using Her Name as Promotion Now
The superfight has been put on hold, Cris Cyborg eradicated her last foe, and Amanda Nunes has a title defense at UFC 224. Both women are down to meet up after their business is finished, but now Cyborg thinks Nunes isn’t actually going to end up showing her face in the Octagon and has just […]
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Amanda Nunes doesn’t buy the argument that Brazilians shouldn’t fight one another
Over the years, we’ve heard several Brazilian fighters express disinterest in fighting their fellow Brazilians. This is not to suggest Brazilian vs. Brazilian matchups don’t happen – they certainly do – but there seem to be a few fighters from the country who frown on fighting their countrymen. UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes doesn’t […]
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BREAKING | Amanda Nunes and Raquel Pennington’s Fight is Official for UFC 224
While this fight has been penciled in for awhile now, the UFC has been wishy-washy about etching it in stone. As of today though, the UFC officially confirmed that Amanda Nunes will put her women’s bantamweight title on the line against Raquel Pennington. Nunes is currently rising a six-fight win streak against absurd competition, beating […]
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BREAKING | Amanda Nunes Slated to Defend Her Title at UFC 224 Against Raquel Pennington
With all the switch-ups and fight announcements, it’s hard to keep up. The UFC is scrambling to add to cards and take from others in order to fill in for all of the changes resulting from the chaos. Amanda Nunes and Cris Cyborg seemed all but official as a superfight, that was until the UFC […]
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Report | Talk of Amanda Nunes vs Raquel Pennington is Under Way
This isn’t the first we’ve heard of the possible bantamweight title fight matchup between Raquel Pennington and the champion, Amanda Nunes. In fact, the fight was apparently on it’s way to getting finalized for UFC 219 at the end of 2017 but before the bout agreements could be signed, Pennington got into a nasty car crash […]
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The Superfight Dilemma: A Matter of Life, Death or Metamorphosis
Somewhere someone is looking at numbers skyrocket. The engagements and impressions are out of control. Suddenly, a dull UFC week is sparked with an army of 14,000 fire emoji. This is what happens when the UFC announces a fight the magnitude of Daniel Cormier moving up to face Stipe Miocic for the heavyweight title. A […]
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Amanda Nunes Has No Idea Why the Cyborg Fight is Taking So Long
Aside from Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic’s ultra mega fight being booked, there is at least a couple more superfights lingering around that haven’t been finalized. One of them is UFC featherweight champion Cris Cyborg defending against UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. Dana White said he’d put it together, Nunes campaigned for it, Cyborg has […]
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Cris Cyborg Says Amanda Nunes Needs Her Because of Her Weak Brand
It looks like the first superfight of 2018 has finally gotten close to becoming official. Dana White said it was the fight to make. Amanda Nunes has wanted it for some time in her quest to become a two-weight champion. Cris Cyborg has said she agreed with her management for it to happen. So, it […]
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Cris Cyborg Ready for Superfight with Amanda Nunes
It appears that the UFC Featherweight champion, Cris Cyborg has changed her mind! Originally, she was stating that for her next fight she would like to defend against a fighter that has been competing and winning at Featherweight lately. She has now said that she is ready for the UFC Bantamweight champion, Amanda Nunes next […]
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Report | UFC targeting Cris Cyborg vs. Amanda Nunes superfight for May PPV
Over the last few weeks, there has been ample discussion surrounding a potential superfight between UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg and UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. UFC President Dana White has assured this is the fight he wants next for both women. “First of all, Amanda Nunes wants to fight her. Amanda Nunes […]
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UFC Champ, Amanda Nunes Starting New Role with Invicta FC
It was announced by Invicta FC on their official website today that the UFC’s Bantamweight champion, Amanda Nunes would be re-joining their organization! But this time, not as a fighter but as part of the Athlete Development Team. Nunes’ primary responsibilities will be to assist in making matchmaking decisions, therefore leading to intriguing fight card layouts and […]
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ATT head coach believes Amanda Nunes vs. Cris Cyborg is “1000 percent going to happen”
Ever since UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg thwarted challenger Holly Holm at UFC 219, UFC women’s bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes has been eager to fight her. UFC President Dana White also seems to be on board with this plan. And while there are still some major hurdles to clear before this fight is made, […]