Video: Amanda ‘La Leona’ Nunes explains the origins of her nickname and the lion mask

“When I started my career, the gym that I started had two lions and I was the only girl training at the time so everyone at the gym started calling me Lion. I take the nickname and now the Lion is champion.”

Amanda ‘La Leona’ Nunes explaining the origins of her nickname and the lion mask at the UFC 207 post fight press conference. Earlier in the night Nunes defended her UFC bantamweight title with a one round TKO over Ronda Rousey.