Amanda “The Lioness” Nunes has demolished each champion to ever cross her path on her strategy to the highest of the UFC. Can rising Canadian contender Felicia Spencer put a cease to that unbelievable run at UFC 250?
Nunes’ report stands as much as nearly every other fighter on the planet when it comes to high quality of opposition.
The 2-weight UFC champion holds wins over the likes of Ronda Rousey, Cris Cyborg, Holly Holm, Miesha Tate and Germaine de Randamie. And if that wasn’t spectacular sufficient, she beat all of them within the very first spherical.
It means Nunes has the unbelievable report of getting defeated each girls’s bantamweight and featherweight champion in UFC historical past – all inside 5 minutes.
As well as, Nunes additionally holds two victories over UFC girls’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko.
Now Nunes is ready to return to motion in Las Vegas towards rising Canadian contender Felicia “Feenom” Spencer, who’s trying to seize UFC gold in simply her 11th skilled struggle.
Spencer captured the featherweight title for all-female MMA promotion Invicta FC earlier than signing for the UFC and ending high contender Megan Anderson within the opening spherical of her octagon debut.
She then took MMA legend Cris Cyborg the space at UFC 240 in a shedding effort, however confirmed that she has the uncommon toughness wanted to go take the power-punching Brazilian to the scorecards. Then she dominated French contender Zarah Fairn to earn her shot at Nunes’ title.
Their matchup varieties the principle occasion of UFC 250, which takes place Saturday evening on the UFC Apex, with the ladies’s featherweight title forming the highest attraction on a card that includes a bunch of rising contenders.
UFC 250: FIGHT CARD
Fundamental Card
Amanda Nunes vs. Felicia Spencer
Raphael Assuncao vs. Cody Garbrandt
Aljamain Sterling vs. Cory Sandhagen
Neil Magny vs. Anthony Rocco Martin
Eddie Wineland vs. Sean O’Malley
Prelims
Alex Caceres vs. Chase Hooper
Ian Heinisch vs. Gerald Meerschaert
Cody Stamann vs. Brian Kelleher
Charles Byrd vs. Maki Pitolo
Early Prelims
Alex Perez vs. Jussier Formiga
Alonzo Menifield vs. Devin Clark
Evan Dunham vs. Herbert Burns
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