Amanda Nunes Nina

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Amanda Nunes, often regarded as the greatest female mixed martial artist of all time, is a Brazilian fighter who retired as a two-division UFC champion, holding both the bantamweight and featherweight titles simultaneously. She is the first openly gay UFC champion. Her wife is Nina Nunes (Nina Ansaroff), an American former mixed martial artist who competed in the UFC's strawweight and flyweight divisions. Amanda and Nina met at a gym in Miami, initially as training partners. Their relationship evolved from friendship to love, and they have been together for several years. They credit their relationship as a key factor in Amanda's success. The couple married and welcomed their first daughter, Raegan Ann Nunes, in September 2020, and a second child in early 2024. They have been open about their relationship, serving as role models for the LGBTQ+ community in sports, hoping to show others that it's "okay to be who you really are." They emphasize that despite their public lives as fighters and champions, they are "normal" people who love each other and want to live their lives authentically.