UFC 250: how do you beat Amanda Nunes? ‘Mixing up the timing, mixing up the rhythm, controlling the range’
- Fighters discuss how they might plot the two-weight champ’s demise
- ‘Lioness’ has looked pretty much unbeatable at both bantamweight and featherweight but Megan Anderson says ‘it’s just a matter of timing’
The stats tell the story of Amanda Nunes and how the Brazilian has become widely recognised as the greatest fighter the world of women’s MMA has seen.
Over the past six years, Nunes (19-4) has gone 10-0 overall as she made the UFC’s bantamweight division her own, while dabbling – and delivering – among the featherweights, going 1-0 and claiming what was a vacant championship belt. Combined, there have been seven finishes from the “Lioness” – and five knockouts – and six of those 10 wins have ended in the first round.
Next up for the “Lioness” comes the rescheduled clash against former Invicta featherweight champ Felicia “Feenom” Spencer (8-1) at UFC 250 on Sunday (Hong Kong time) as the fight world slowly emerges from the global coronavirus shutdown, and fans have been wondering just how the Canadian can break down the greatest of all time.
Former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha “Cupcake” Tate (18-7) has been left in no doubt as to the 31-year-old’s stature in the sport, having been on the receiving end of first-round submission (rear-naked choke) when the Brazilian stripped her of her crown back in 2016.
“She’s just on another level,” Tate told MMA Junkie last year. “She’s super legitimate. She hits like a ton of bricks.”