The women’s bantamweight champion went up against former champ and WMMA superstar Ronda Rousey in the main event and put on her finest performance to date.
It took just under a minute for the heavy-handed Brazilian to get the TKO stoppage, as ‘The Lioness’ blasted Rousey with a series of strikes from the opening bell and forced referee Herb Dean to stop the bout at the 48-second mark of the first round.
UFC 207 marked Nunes first title defense and fifth straight win, as the 28-year-old beat the likes of Shayna Baszler, Sara McMann and Valentina Shevchenko on route to her title shot against WMMA pioneer Miesha Tate at UFC 200.