[autotag]Nina Ansaroff[/autotag] is pregnant and the UFC strawweight, along with her partner, dual-champ [autotag]Amanda Nunes[/autotag], are expecting their first child later this year.
Nunes, who holds the UFC women’s featherweight and bantamweight titles, took to social media Thursday and announced the expected September arrival of a baby girl, Raegan Ann Nunes.
“I wanna tell every single person on this planet that,” Nunes wrote on Instagram. “Raegan Ann Nunes will be here mid-September! I cannot wait to see her.”
MMA Junkie subsequently confirmed with Ansaroff that she is pregnant, but will not retire – which she’d previous mentioned as a possibility. Ansaroff said she will return to fighting “not too long after” giving birth.
The announcement puts a bow on a big day for Nunes in particular. Just hours prior, “The Lioness” was confirmed to put her 145-pound belt on the line in the UFC 250 co-main event May 9 in Sao Paulo. She meets Canadian challenger Felicia Spencer on the card.
Nunes (19-4 MMA, 12-1 UFC) and Ansaroff (10-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC) have publicly discussed the idea of having children for several years, and now the first one is on the way.
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