5 Things you need to know about Amanda Nunes

#2 She began training at the age of 4

Nunes began training aged just 4

Amanda Nunes began training for her future career in Mixed Martial Arts back in Brazil when she was just 4 years old. Truth be told, there wasn’t much else for her to immerse herself in. Speaking about her hometown of Salvador in Bahia, Brazil, Nunes told MMA Junkie:

“It’s a very simple life. Just the basic necessities. Family and God played a very big part of my upbringing.”

At 16, she started boxing before her sister invited her to try out at the jiu-jitsu dojo where she trained and the rest, as they say, is history.

Nunes trained harder than her peers and was the only female who trained in her first gym, leading her youth coach to give her the nickname “Lioness”, after the lions in the gym’s logo.