Nunes travels hard-fought path to stardom

Don't miss out - order the UFC 200 PPV now!For a lot of MMA fighters, martial arts are a way of channeling excess energy they had when they were kids. Bantamweight challenger Amanda Nunes, who fights Miesha Tate in the main event of UFC 200, fits that group. The youngest of three sisters, Amanda lived as the only child at home when the two older girls left Pojuca, Brazil, in Bahia, to study and work in the capital Salvador. But after some time the girls’ mother, Mrs. Ivete, called Valdirene, the oldest, and said: “Come pick your sister because I can’t stand this anymore.&rdqu ... Read the Full Article Here

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