Nina Nunes (née Ansaroff; born December 3, 1985)[7] is an American former mixed martial artist who last competed in the women's flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
[8] She began training in mixed martial arts in 2009 as a way to lose weight and to help keep in shape following a motorcycle accident.
[1] Nunes made her professional debut in 2010 competing in regional promotions, and amassed a record of 5–3 before joining Invicta FC.
[10] Nunes won the fight via TKO in the third round and earned the Knockout of the Night bonus award.
[18] Nunes faced Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger at UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn on January 15, 2017.
[28] On October 10, 2019, Nunes announced that she would put her mixed martial arts career on hold in order to attempt to have her first child.
[29] The attempts were successful as in March 2020, her wife Amanda Nunes announced that the couple is expecting their first child, to be born later that year.
[35] However, the day of the event, Nunes withdrew due to illness and the bout was initially cancelled, but eventually rescheduled for UFC on ESPN 41 on August 13, 2022.