A DECADE IN, AMANDA LEMOS IS GRATEFUL AND STILL CHASING HER DREAMS

On A Week Filled With Anniversaries, The Former Title Challenger Reflects On Her Journey To Saturday’s Clash With Fellow Brazilian Virna Jandiroba

As of Wednesday, Amanda Lemos will officially be 10 years into her mixed martial arts career.

“You serious?” asked the Brazilian contender, speaking with the aid of translator Fabiano Buskei when asked about the anniversary of her first fight.

Earlier in the day, the two had been trying to calculate how long Lemos, who faces fellow Brazilian Virna Jandiroba in a critical strawweight clash that serves as this weekend’s main event in Las Vegas, had been competing in the sport, working backwards from her being 37 and concluding it had to be close to a…