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'''Amanda Lourenço Nunes'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxing.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/boxingnvgov/content/results/2016_Results/03-05-16MMA.pdf |title=MIXED MARTIAL ARTS SHOW RESULTS|date=March 5, 2016|location=MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas|website=Boxing.nv.gov |access-date=2016-04-07}}</ref> (born May 30, 1988) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. She currently competes in the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] (UFC), in which she is [[List of UFC champions#Women's championship history|the reigning champion of the women’s]] [[Bantamweight (MMA)|bantamweight]] and [[Featherweight (MMA)|featherweight]] divisions. She is the first woman to become a two-division UFC champion, and the third fighter in the UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes simultaneously, after [[Conor McGregor]] and [[Daniel Cormier]]. She is also the first and only fighter in UFC history to defend two titles while actively holding them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/ufc-250-news-twitter-reacts-as-amanda-nunes-makes-history-with-spectacular-win-at-ufc-250|title=Twitter Reacts as Amanda Nunes Makes History with Spectacular Win at UFC 250|author=Reubyn Coutinho|date=June 7, 2020|website=essentiallysports.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/martial-arts/mixed-martial-arts/article/3087897/ufc-250-amanda-nunes-makes-history-dominant|title= UFC 250: Amanda Nunes makes history with dominant decision win over Felicia Spencer |author=Nick Atkin|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=June 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianmazique/2020/06/07/ufc-250-results-amanda-nunes-dominates-felicia-spencer-makes-history/|title=UFC 250 Results: Amanda Nunes Dominates Felicia Spencer, Makes History|author=Brian Mazique|date=June 7, 2020|work=[[Forbes]]}}</ref> Nunes is widely considered to be one of the greatest women's MMA fightersfighter of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mmamania.com/2020/9/3/21419779/ufc-256-odds-amanda-nunes-betting-line-highest-career-against-megan-anderson|title=UFC 256 odds: Amanda Nunes betting line highest of her career against Megan Anderson|author=Jesse Holland|publisher=mmamania.com|date=September 3, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/amanda-nunes-defend-featherweight-belt-180025227.html|title=Amanda Nunes to defend featherweight belt at UFC 256|date=August 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/ufc/opening-betting-odds-released-for-amanda-nunes-vs-megan-anderson/|title=Opening betting odds released for Amanda Nunes vs. Megan Anderson|author=Adam Martin|date=September 2, 2020|publisher=bjpenn.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/baby-way-amanda-nunes-latest-182208944.html|title=With baby on the way, Amanda Nunes is latest UFC fighter to contemplate retirement|date=June 16, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/29277039/amanda-nunes-overpowers-felicia-spencer-defend-ufc-featherweight-title|title=Amanda Nunes overpowers Felicia Spencer to defend UFC featherweight title|author=Marc Raimondi|work=[[ESPN]]|date=June 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/28335537/the-best-female-mma-fighters-decade|title=The best female MMA fighters of the decade|work=[[ESPN]]|date=December 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/amp/mma/news/ufc-239-amanda-nunes-is-undeniably-the-greatest-female-fighter-all-time/1uyoyb1hpf97y1u5uavlwo101k|title=UFC 239: Amanda Nunes is undeniably the greatest female fighter all time|author=E. Spencer Kyte|date=July 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/platform/amp/2020/6/2/21277441/dan-lambert-amanda-nunes-deserves-recognition-as-one-of-the-pound-for-pound-greatest-of-all-time|title=Dan Lambert: Amanda Nunes deserves recognition as one of the pound-for-pound greatest of all-time|date=June 2, 2020|publisher=mmafighting.com|author=Damon Martin}}</ref> As of June 2, 2020, she is #1 in the [[List of current UFC fighters#Rankings|UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ufc.com/rankings|title=Rankings {{!}} UFC|website=www.ufc.com|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
 
==Early life==