Filed under: News , UFC When the UFC announced that Ronda Rousey would return from an yearlong layoff straight into a title shot, not everyone was enthused . But one person who was certainly all for it was champion Amanda Nunes (13-4 MMA, 6-1 UFC), who’d made it clear since winning the UFC’s women’s bantamweight belt over Miesha Tate that Rousey (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) would be her immediate target . For Nunes, in fact, Rousey’s role in the sport was so great that she’s earned herself not one, but two stabs at her belt
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