Amanda Nunes of Brazil and Ronda Rousey face off in their UFC women's bantamweight championship bout during the UFC 207 event at T-Mobile Arena on December 30, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo : Getty Images/Christian Petersen)
Over the past couple of years, current UFC women's bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes has cemented her status as one of the most dominant figures in mixed martial arts. Most notably, she recently defended her title against former champion Ronda Rousey by knocking her out in the span of just 48 seconds. Now Nunes claims that she will be a better champion than Rousey ever was.
Nunes has already made a decent start to making good on this statement after she landed 27 blistering fast, unanswered strikes to stop Rousey herself. While Nunes is still quite a long way away from Rousey's record 1,074-day title reign as UFC women's bantamweight champion, there is as of right now seemingly not many in her division that can dethrone her.
"I think I will keep [the UFC women's bantamweight championship] for a long, long time," Nunes told CNN in an exclusive interview. She added that she will be a champion "forever" and that she will indeed be a better one than Rousey ever managed to be. She has trained in multiple disciplines including judo, karate, and Brazilian jiu jitsu, which arguably gives her the edge over her possible opposition in future title defenses.
Still relatively fresh off of her title defense at UFC 207 and at just 28 years old, Nunes has recently revealed that she plans to retire soon. She argues that she wants to be healthy in order to be there for her future family, especially for her children while they are growing up. She notably became the first openly lesbian UFC champion after she submitted Miesha Tate back in July 2016 and celebrated with her partner, fellow UFC fighter Nina Ansaroff.
Nunes has also recently revealed her desire to face the winner of the inaugural UFC women's featherweight title fight at UFC 208, the International Business Times UK reported. She said that she wanted to add being the first two-division women's champion in her already long list of accomplishments in mixed martial arts. She is already the first Brazilian women's champion as well as the first openly gay one, as previously mentioned.
Watch Nunes talk about her views on Rousey's training for UFC 207 in the video below:
