The Future of MMA Without Amanda Nunes: UFC's Plans and Potential WWE Move.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by ESPN
With Amanda Nunes retiring, the UFC women's bantamweight and featherweight titles will be vacant, leaving the rankings with new No. 1s across the board. Nunes beat 11 women who had been champions in the sport at one point or another, and set just about every UFC women's record there is. Nunes' retirement leaves a vacuum in her wake atop women's MMA, but the next icon in women's MMA is right in front of our noses now. Brazil no longer owns the sport, but it remains a prominent presence, a hotbed that produces high-level fighters and a fervent fan base that demands nothing less.