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Anderson was scheduled to face Amanda Nunes on 12 December 2020 for the UFC Women's Featherweight Championship at UFC 256. [36] However, it was announced on 9 November that Nunes pulled out due to an undisclosed injury and the bout was postponed to 2021. [37] The pairing was rescheduled for 6 March 2021 at UFC 259. [38]
In late 2016, a featherweight division was introduced for the women with the first bout to be for the inaugural championship at UFC 208 on February 11, 2017. In that same year the UFC announced the Women's Flyweight division would officially be added, with the winner of the 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter to be named the inaugural champion.
Amanda Lourenço Nunes (born May 30, 1988) is a Brazilian former professional mixed martial artist.She competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is the former UFC Women's Featherweight Champion and two-time UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion.
The year 2021 was the 29th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. 2021 UFC.com awards [ edit ]
Women's Featherweight Amanda Nunes: Megan Anderson: UFC 259: 2:03 Women's Bantamweight Ronda Rousey: Cat Zingano: UFC 184: 0:14 Women's Flyweight Gillian Robertson: Emily Whitmire: The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale: 2:12 Women's Strawweight Emily Whitmire: Aleksandra Albu: UFC on ESPN 1: 1:01
With only 27 fights over nearly 260 events since its inception in 2017, women's featherweight is the UFC's most exclusive division.
UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on November 6, 2021, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York, United States.
Sinead Kavanagh is an Irish female mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of the Bellator MMA. Fight Matrix had her ranked #10 Women's Featherweight from April 2021 till July 2021, and March 2022. She is currently ranked #8 in the World. [1]