Amanda Nunes Came Back For What’s Hers

Amanda Nunes gave no real indications that she was intending to announce her retirement following her fight with Irene Aldana at UFC 289 in Vancouver. In fact, she’d expressed her intention to continue defending her title and adding to her illustrious resume, leading to many being caught off-guard.

It always made sense seeing as Nunes accomplished everything up to that point in her career, winning and defending UFC gold in the bantamweight and featherweight titles as the first female “Double Champ.” She avenged her loss to Julianna Peña and beaten every person to ever hold the UFC women’s bantamweight and UFC women’s featherweight titles at least once (and some twice), a record that still…