AMANDA NUNES left Felicia Spencer looking disfigured and a bloody mess to retain her featherweight title at UFC 250 and make history.
The two-weight champ, who also holds the bantamweight belt, became the first fighter ever to successfully defend both belts at the same time with a dominating display in her unanimous decision victory.
And now she will become the first-ever mother-champion in UFC history after leaving Spencer a bloody mess after several big blows in the first.
The Brazilian star is expecting a baby with her wife and fellow fighter Nina Ansaroff in September.
The challenger’s corner told her she had just suffered a little scratch but she was getting schooled by Nunes’ boxing, and every time she threw her hands back she was brutally countered.
Spencer’s attacks were half-hearted as she remained cautious with the champ in complete control as the buzzer went for the end of the second.
The Canadian-American was proving how tough and brave she is as she went into survival mode but she failed to threaten and was more like a punchbag as the bell saved her again.
Spencer was being completely outclassed still in the fourth but valiantly attempted to get in there with Nunes but unfortunately she lacked the skill-set to cause any damage.
Her corner had told her she had lost the first three rounds and she has two left to get a shock submission finish.
But by bell came to her rescue again at the end of the fourth as a huge haematoma continued to swell above her left eye having received 76 head shots from the champ.
There were real fears the fight would be stopped before the fifth, but Spencer was allowed to continue.
But despite the doctor being called in to examine her cuts, Spencer was determined to go the distance and she galliantly got to the final bell but she knew what was in store as the judges scored it unanimously in Nunes’ favour.
And the 20-4-0 superstar is ready to make their soon-to-be born child her No1 priority after making her first defence in the featherweight division a triumphant one.
Speaking this week ahead of her fight with Spencer, Nunes said: “Honestly my life is like watching me make history. And Saturday I’m going to follow that path, make history. Being a mother comes with it.
“I feel like everybody can be a mother, I feel like a lot of people have a problem if you’re a mother of course. I feel like it comes with the life.”
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She added: “If you want to grow your family you’re going to have to have a baby.
“And I feel like the baby is something that will help you grow as a person, grow as a human. You now know you have something else to think about.
“Be a mother, be a champion. It’s not something I think about. Retire as a mother-champion or whatever, it comes with everything.”
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