5 things you didn't know about Amanda Nunes

#3 She rarely goes the distance

Nunes stopped Ronda Rousey in under a minute - just one of her quick finishes

Nunes’ disappointing title fight with Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 215 was widely panned as one of the worst UFC title fights of all time, but in hindsight perhaps that shouldn’t have been a surprise. ‘The Lioness’ is simply not used to going the distance in her fights.

Nunes has had 21 fights in her career and incredibly, only 3 of them have gone the distance. That means around 85% of her fights have ended before the final buzzer – whether she’s won or lost. Prior to facing Shevchenko – who has taken her the distance twice – Nunes’ last decision was a loss to Sarah D’Alelio prior to her UFC career beginning.

More evidence of her being a ruthless finisher can be seen in the fact that of her 17 wins, 12 of them have ended in the first round, and incredibly 5 of them have ended before the one minute mark. Simply put, ‘The Lioness’ is one of the best finishers in the UFC today, meaning that terrible title fight with Shevchenko wasn’t the rule, it was the exception.