The lioness is ready to receive the highest honors of the UFC, but she is more hungry.
Amanda Nunes, a former two-division UFC champion who retired from the fight nearly two years ago and was considered a female MMA goat, was announced in Miami as the latest member of the 2025 UFC Hall of Fame class.
The arena announcement the broadcast team said during the broadcast was a surprise to Nunes during UFC 314.
However, as Nunes told reporters at the Caseya Centre, it appears he has not retired. She's going to go back against the winners of bantamweight champions Julianna Peña and Kayla Harrison.
Pena vs. Harrison, a former Olympic judo gold medalist and longtime teammate of Nunes, with Florida's top American team, is scheduled for June 7th at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
The UFC will celebrate the latest Hall of Fame inductees at the 13th UFC International Fight Week on June 26th as the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
“Amanda Nunes is the greatest female fighter of all time,” UFC president and CEO Dana White said in a statement released by the organization. “Amanda was a great champion who had one of the most legendary careers in combat sports history. She is an incredible person and it's an honor to have her inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame this summer.”
Nunes (23-5, 17 Finishes) will be a member of The Modern Wing for those who became professionals after the November 2000 event when the UFC first adopted the unified rules for MMA.
Participating in Nunes as part of the 2025 class has previously been announced for former welterweight champion Robby Roller, creator of the “Ultimate Fighter” reality series Craig Pyridian and the 2019 battle between Israeli Adesanya vs Kelvin Gastherum.
Earlier in his training career in Whippany, New Jersey, he grew from a talented but inconsistent outlook to one of the UFC's most dominant forces.
The Brazilian won her first championship in 2016, blasting Miesha Tate to win the Bantamweight Crown, and raised her profile by stoking crossover star Ronda Rousey in just 48 seconds at the end of the year.
Before 2018 was released, Nunes knocked out Fighting Legend Chris Cyborg in 51 seconds and became the first woman in a promotion that held two championships simultaneously when she added a featherweight title to her trophy case.
Nunes won 12 straight in the UFC, and in 2021, a stunning loss of obedience to Julian Na Peña defended both championships multiple times along the way, finishing his run at the top of the Bantamweight Division.
It was just a speed bump as the following year's rematch was a one-sided event, resulting in a decision victory over Pena.
Another trademark, the defeat victory over Irene Ardana in June 2023, quickly retired from the competition.
But like many of the battle legends before her, retirement appears to be temporary.
