Amanda Nunes
Age
38
38
Current streak
2 wins
2 wins
Wins by
7 KO · 3 sub · 6 dec
7 KO · 3 sub · 6 dec
Key facts
- Record
- 16-2
- Division
- Women's Bantamweight
- Our rank
- #8
- Rating
- 1736 ± 186
- Style label
- power puncher
- Country
- Brazil
- Height
- 68"
- Reach
- 69"
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Date of birth
- 1988-05-30
Rating history
Style profile
Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better
Tap a metric to hide or show it — three is the minimum.
The numbers behind it
Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of
what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ±
means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.
| Metric | Amanda Nunes | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 54.6 ± 8.5 54th percentile | 52.2 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 56.1 ± 19.0 62nd percentile | 61.5 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 4.10 ± 1.25 74th percentile | 3.74 |
| Takedown defence % | 60 ± 12 48th percentile | 58 |
| Control time s /15 min | 248 ± 71 82nd percentile | 228 |
| Striking defence % | 54 ± 7 82nd percentile | 52 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 0.83 ± 0.32 98th percentile | 0.74 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.43 ± 0.20 78th percentile | 0.37 |
| Metric | Amanda Nunes | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 66.3 ± 4.1 88th percentile | 65.2 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 39.6 ± 2.8 99th percentile | 40.2 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 3.19 ± 1.53 69th percentile | 2.77 |
| Takedown defence % | 75 ± 4 96th percentile | 74 |
| Control time s /15 min | 220 ± 30 98th percentile | 212 |
| Striking defence % | 60 ± 1 99th percentile | 60 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 1.15 ± 0.40 69th percentile | 1.04 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.56 ± 0.11 99th percentile | 0.55 |
| Metric | Amanda Nunes | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Strikes landed /15 min | 62.0 ± 10.3 87th percentile | 63.0 |
| Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min | 45.5 ± 24.9 100th percentile | 47.9 |
| Takedown attempts /15 min | 3.36 ± 3.80 17th percentile | 2.99 |
| Takedown defence % | 58 ± 42 68th percentile | — |
| Control time s /15 min | 225 ± 167 93rd percentile | 209 |
| Striking defence % | 55 ± 6 99th percentile | 54 |
| Knockdowns /15 min | 0.28 ± 0.24 64th percentile | 0.30 |
| Submission attempts /15 min | 0.54 ± 0.08 94th percentile | 0.53 |
Style-based strength score
Average predicted win probability against the current top 15 of this division: 45.0%. This never changes the ranking — it shows where the styles help or hurt.
Best matchups
- Raquel Pennington — 61%
- Nora Cornolle — 61%
- Julianna Peña — 55%
Worst matchups
- Jacqueline Cavalcanti — 34%
- Ailin Perez — 32%
- Luana Santos — 17%
UFC fight history
| W | Irene Aldana
UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana · 2023-06-10 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| W | Julianna Peña
UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 · 2022-07-30 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| L | Julianna Peña
UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier · 2021-12-11 |
Submission R2 |
| W | Megan Anderson
UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · 2021-03-06 |
Submission R1 |
| W | Felicia Spencer
UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer · 2020-06-06 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| W | Germaine de Randamie
UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington · 2019-12-14 |
Decision - Unanimous R5 |
| W | Holly Holm
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos · 2019-07-06 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| W | Cristiane Justino
UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 · 2018-12-29 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| W | Raquel Pennington
UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington · 2018-05-12 |
KO/TKO R5 |
| W | Valentina Shevchenko
UFC 215: Nunes vs Shevchenko 2 · 2017-09-09 |
Decision - Split R5 |
| W | Ronda Rousey
UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey · 2016-12-30 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| W | Miesha Tate
UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes · 2016-07-09 |
Submission R1 |
| W | Valentina Shevchenko
UFC 196: McGregor vs Diaz · 2016-03-05 |
Decision - Unanimous R3 |
| W | Sara McMann
UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Saint Preux · 2015-08-08 |
Submission R1 |
| W | Shayna Baszler
UFC Fight Night: Maia vs LaFlare · 2015-03-21 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| L | Cat Zingano
UFC 178: Johnson vs Cariaso · 2014-09-27 |
KO/TKO R3 |
| W | Germaine de Randamie
UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3 · 2013-11-06 |
KO/TKO R1 |
| W | Sheila Gaff
UFC 163: Aldo vs Jung · 2013-08-03 |
KO/TKO R1 |
