Amanda Nunes is still the baddest woman on the planet.
Amanda Nunes puts her UFC women's bantamweight title on the line against former title holder Holly Holm in the co-main event of UFC 239 this evening. ‘The Lioness' was last seen in action at December's UFC 232 event in Los Angeles, where she knocked out Cris Cyborg to become the promotions first ever women's ‘champ champ'.
Nunes retained her bantamweight title via TKO in the co-main event of UFC 239.
After a getting an early takedown, Nunes connected with a head kick that dropped Holm. Nunes followed up with several punches to the grounded Holm, before the fight was called at 4:10 of round 1.
The win further enhances Nunes' already impressive resume.
In the co-main event of UFC 239 in Las Vegas, Nunes scored a first-round KO win over former champion Holly Holm with a vicious head kick and follow-up punches. Here is a look at the finish. UFC 239 results live: Amanda Nunes vs. Holly Holm full fight recap of women's Bantamweight pay-per-view (PPV) co-main event match tonight (Sat., July 9, 2019) from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las. See the highlights from UFC 239: Amanda Nunes vs. Holly Holm recap after a first-round headkick TKO making this her 4th title defense.#UFC #amandanunes #. Valentina 'Bullet' Shevchenko ensured that the run of upsets in the UFC women's bantamweight division didn't stop at UFC on Fox 20 on Saturday. The 28-year-old defied the odds against former.
Nunes has now defeated every other woman to hold the bantamweight title, (Miesha Tate, Ronda Rousey, and Holly Holm) the two other women to hold the featherweight title (Germaine de Randamie, and Cris Cyborg), and defeated flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko twice.
After the fight, Nunes indicated that she wanted to defend both her bantamweight and featherweight titles simultaneously.
Top bantamweight contenders Germaine de Randamie and Aspen Ladd will face at UFC Sacramento, on July 13. In the featherweight division, Cris Cyborg will face Felicia Spencer at UFC 240 on July 27.
Amanda Nunes is still the baddest woman on the planet.
Amanda Nunes puts her UFC women's bantamweight title on the line against former title holder Holly Holm in the co-main event of UFC 239 this evening. ‘The Lioness' was last seen in action at December's UFC 232 event in Los Angeles, where she knocked out Cris Cyborg to become the promotions first ever women's ‘champ champ'.
Nunes retained her bantamweight title via TKO in the co-main event of UFC 239.
After a getting an early takedown, Nunes connected with a head kick that dropped Holm. Nunes followed up with several punches to the grounded Holm, before the fight was called at 4:10 of round 1.
The win further enhances Nunes' already impressive resume.
In the co-main event of UFC 239 in Las Vegas, Nunes scored a first-round KO win over former champion Holly Holm with a vicious head kick and follow-up punches. Here is a look at the finish. UFC 239 results live: Amanda Nunes vs. Holly Holm full fight recap of women's Bantamweight pay-per-view (PPV) co-main event match tonight (Sat., July 9, 2019) from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las. See the highlights from UFC 239: Amanda Nunes vs. Holly Holm recap after a first-round headkick TKO making this her 4th title defense.#UFC #amandanunes #. Valentina 'Bullet' Shevchenko ensured that the run of upsets in the UFC women's bantamweight division didn't stop at UFC on Fox 20 on Saturday. The 28-year-old defied the odds against former.
Nunes has now defeated every other woman to hold the bantamweight title, (Miesha Tate, Ronda Rousey, and Holly Holm) the two other women to hold the featherweight title (Germaine de Randamie, and Cris Cyborg), and defeated flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko twice.
After the fight, Nunes indicated that she wanted to defend both her bantamweight and featherweight titles simultaneously.
Top bantamweight contenders Germaine de Randamie and Aspen Ladd will face at UFC Sacramento, on July 13. In the featherweight division, Cris Cyborg will face Felicia Spencer at UFC 240 on July 27.
Full report via Cole Henry
© Amanda Nunes vs. Holly Holm for UFC Bantamweight Championship
Round 1: Holm connects with a jab to get things going. Nunes rushes in to return fire but Holm is evasive. Nunes connects with a high kick, Holm blocked it a bit, but it still landed. Nunes scores with a trip takedown, but Holm pops right back up. Nunes connects with a right hook! Nunes lands a high kick and Holm is down! Nunes moves in and lands several shots on the ground. This fight is all over!
Result: Amanda Nunes def. Holly Holm via TKO (Head Kick and Punches) Round 1, 4:10
Analysis: Amanda Nunes has now defeated every former UFC Bantamweight and Featherweight Champion… her resume is unmatched. The question is who is next?
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