It’s been nine months since Amanda Nunes last competed in the Octagon.
After putting on yet another five-round clinic, this time on Mexican challenger Irene Aldana, the expectation was that Nunes would call for a rubber match with Julianna Pena before riding off into the sunset for good. Instead, “The GWOAT” shocked the MMA landscape and laid her gloves down in the Octagon. This, in spite of the fact that Nunes was originally tapped to face Pena at UFC 277.
Since that night in Vancouver, Nunes continues to cast a large shadow in women’s MMA.