Nina Nunes returns to the Octagon in December against rising contender Amanda Lemos

By Adam D Martin - August 19, 2021

UFC women’s strawweight contender Nina Nunes returns to the Octagon in December when she faces off against rising contender Amanda Lemos.

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Combate’s Raphael Marinho was the first to report that Nunes — the No. 7 ranked fighter in the UFC women’s strawweight division — will square off with the No. 13 ranked Lemos at a UFC event set for December 18. There are no other details currently available about this event, but the addition of Nunes vs. Lemos is certainly a nice start to building up the card.

UFC adds Nina Nunes vs. Amanda Lemos for the December 18th event.#feedmma

Nunes (10-7) is, of course, the wife of UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes. Now 35 years old, Nunes came back after a two-year layoff earlier this year when she suffered a first-round submission loss to rising star Mackenzie Dern. That was the first appearance that Nunes made in the Octagon since UFC 238 in June 2019, when she lost a decision to Tatiana Suarez. Overall, Nunes has a 4-4 overall record fighting in the Octagon while dating back to making her debut in the UFC back in 2014.

Lemos (10-1-1) is one of the rising stars at 115lbs in the UFC. The 34-year-old Brazilian is not a young fighter on paper, but she appears to be in the prime of her career as she is fighting at a high level. The Brazilian made her debut back in 2017 and lost via TKO to Leslie Smith at 135lbs. Two years later and Lemos returned as a strawweight. Since then, she is unbeaten with a 4-0 record and she has finished three of her four opponents. In fact, Lemos is coming off of back-to-back first-round knockout wins in her last two fights. A big win here over Nunes would certainly catapult Lemos into the top-10 at 115lbs.

Who do you think wins this women’s strawweight bout between Nina Nunes and Amanda Lemos?


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