Looking at the UFC's champions at the beginning and end of the decade (2010-2019)

Women’s Bantamweight: Amanda Nunes

Ronda Rousey dominated the Bantamweight division for years

Women fighting in the UFC still seemed like a pipe dream at the start of 2010, and indeed, a Bantamweight champion hadn’t even been crowned in the UFC’s biggest rival promotion – later its sister promotion – StrikeForce at the start of the decade. That changed in February 2010 when Sarah Kaufman was crowned the inaugural titleholder, and from there the title changed hands twice before Ronda Rousey submitted Miesha Tate to win it in early 2012.

The star power of Rousey was the key to the UFC opening its doors to female fighters in early 2013, and ‘Rowdy Ronda’ was declared the UFC’s first Women’s Bantamweight champion upon her arrival. She made 6 title defenses before being upset by Holly Holm, and from there the title bounced from Holm to Tate and finally to Amanda Nunes.

Since winning the title in 2016, Nunes has been as dominant a champion as the division has ever seen, putting together 5 defenses thus far, and going into the new decade it seems doubtful that she’ll be dethroned any time soon. She’s widely considered the greatest female fighter in MMA history.