Amanda Lemos flew to Las Vegas for the first time to enter an octagon Saturday night, as she battles former Invicta FC strawweight star Mizuki Inoue in the preliminary portion of UFC on ESPN 15 at the UFC Apex.
This experience felt unfeasible less than three years ago.
Lemos had just defended the Jungle Fight bantamweight championship for a second time in 2016, boosting her professional record to 6-0-1 with a third-round round knockout and dreaming with an opportunity under the UFC banner. The call did not come, waking up “Amandinha” for the reality that she would have add a few more victories to her resume first.