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10 reasons to watch UFC 245: Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington

By Raphael Garcia

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 01: (L-R) Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington face off during the UFC 245 press conference at the Hulu Theatre at Madison Square Garden on November 1, 2019 in New York, New York. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 01: (L-R) Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington face off during the UFC 245 press conference at the Hulu Theatre at Madison Square Garden on November 1, 2019 in New York, New York. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) /
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INGLEWOOD, CA – DECEMBER 29: Amanda Nunes of Brazil celebrates her KO victory over Cris Cyborg of Brazil in their women’s featherweight bout during the UFC 232 event inside The Forum on December 29, 2018 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
INGLEWOOD, CA – DECEMBER 29: Amanda Nunes of Brazil celebrates her KO victory over Cris Cyborg of Brazil in their women’s featherweight bout during the UFC 232 event inside The Forum on December 29, 2018 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) /

Amanda Nunes: Is she the G.O.A.T?

Look at any pound-for-pound lists across mixed martial arts and there are several names sitting at the top of the list. Names such as Jon Jones, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Henry Cejudo may be at the top, earning the praise as the best fighter in the game. Yet, Amanda Nunes needs to deserve as much consideration for being included on this list. Her resume and performances show that she’s the best woman to ever compete in MMA.

Holly Holm, Cris Cyborg, Valentina Shevchenko, Ronda Rousey, Miesha Tate and Julia Budd have all fallen before Nunes. The reasons why those names are important is because that list includes every woman that has held a bantamweight or featherweight title for the UFC and Bellator. Her last defeat came at the hands of Cat Zingano back at UFC 178 in 2014. Since then, she’s gone on a feasting run through the division and taken on the best opponents available. She’s defending the title against Germaine de Randamie at Saturday’s event. This is a rematch of her 2013 victory over de Randamie where she needed less than four minutes to get her hand raised.

If Nunes pulls out another victory its hard to envision what is “next” for her historic run. At 31-years old she could walk away from the sport with a resume that would be hard to duplicate. Perhaps the UFC goes back to trying to convince Gina Carano to step into the Octagon. Either way, Amanda Nunes has already done more than enough to be considered the pound-for-pound queen and among the greatest of all time.

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