UFC 259 record rundown: Amanda Nunes vs. Megan Anderson
Two-division women’s champion Amanda Nunes dominates the UFC women’s record book.
On Saturday, Amanda Nunes puts one of her two UFC titles on the line when she faces Megan Anderson in the co-main event of the UFC 259 pay-per-view card. At stake is the women’s featherweight championship. Nunes also holds the women’s bantamweight crown.
Nunes opened her UFC career on a 2-1 run. That one loss, a 2014 TKO setback to Cat Zingano, remains the only blemish on her record. Nunes enters her 145-pound title fight on an 11-fight winning streak. Of those 11 fights, her past eight trips to the octagon have been title fights. That number includes her most recent fight, a June 2020 defense of her featherweight belt. Nunes defeated Felicia Spencer via unanimous decision in that bout. Prior to that win, Nunes had defended the bantamweight title five times.
Anderson joined the UFC in 2018 after she won the interim Invicta FC featherweight title. Anderson went 1-2 in her first three UFC fights. She is coming off two consecutive first-round stoppage wins. Anderson submitted Zarah Fairn Dos Santos in 2019 and knocked out Norma Dumont Viana in 2020.
UFC 259 takes place on Saturday from UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The pay-per-view portion of the card streams on ESPN+.
Before Saturday’s UFC 259 pay-per-view card, take a look at where Nunes stands in the UFC record book.