Amanda Nunes wanted to be a soccer player. Now, she’s at the top of the world for punching other women in the face.
As a little girl from Pojuca, a small town 41 miles away from Salvador — the capital of Bahia, Brazil — Amanda would go to school every day, but studying wasn’t actually her thing. She was addicted to sports, and following in the country’s fascination for soccer was an obvious path. She was good at scoring goals, but she would always get herself in trouble for many reasons.
Amanda was an electric kid and would often get into fights in the streets of Pojuca.