ABU DHABI – Germaine de Randamie says lessons were learned in her title fight loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 245 this past December, but she doesn’t look back fondly at the bout. De Randamie (9-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC), a former UFC women’s featherweight champion, had the chance to win a belt in another division when she challenged Nunes (20-4 MMA, 13-1 UFC) for the women’s bantamweight strap. She lost a lopsided unanimous decision when “The Lioness” used grappling to wear down the former kickboxing champion over five rounds. Victory wasn’t far from de Randamie’s grasp on that night, she said, and though she credits Nunes for the win, she said it wasn’t a performance that made her feel like a significantly inferior fighter and thinks she showed chinks in the champion’s armor. “The biggest lesson I learned to myself is I have to stick to a game plan,” de Randamie told reporters, including MMA Junkie, on Wednesday at UFC on ESPN 16 media day. “I came in that night to fight and she came in not to lose
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Germaine de Randamie: Amanda Nunes was ‘exposed’ in our ‘boring’ title fight – MMA Junkie