Despite it’s relevant infancy in comparison to it’s male counterpart, women’s MMA has given us an impressive handful of generational talents in the few short years since Ronda Rousey broke down the doors to the UFC back in 2013. Although Rousey’s candle (to steal a line from the great Elton John) burned out long before her legend did, the resumes of her successors at the apex of the sport have also been extremely impressive.
Amanda Nunes hammered the final nail into the coffin of Rousey’s MMA career to successfully defend her UFC bantamweight title before going on to clean out two divisions and her name sits alongside those of “Rowdy”, Cris Cyborg and Valentina Shevchenko as one of the greatest to ever set foot inside the Octagon.