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Top 10 most important UFC women’s main events

By Drake Riggs

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 15: (L-R) Ronda Rousey faces Holly Holm in their UFC women's bantamweight championship bout during the UFC 193 event at Etihad Stadium on November 15, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 15: (L-R) Ronda Rousey faces Holly Holm in their UFC women's bantamweight championship bout during the UFC 193 event at Etihad Stadium on November 15, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) /
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LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 30: (R-L) Amanda Nunes of Brazil punches Ronda Rousey in their UFC women’s bantamweight championship bout during the UFC 207 event on December 30, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 30: (R-L) Amanda Nunes of Brazil punches Ronda Rousey in their UFC women’s bantamweight championship bout during the UFC 207 event on December 30, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

7. Amanda Nunes vs Ronda Rousey – UFC 207, 2016

What was UFC 207 about? Ronda Rousey.

Even though the big year-end card for 2016 had two title fights on it and a new and exciting champion defending against the former dominant champion, the UFC made it all about the latter.

Rousey hadn’t fought and hadn’t been seen since her first career loss that took place the year before. So the UFC went all out in trying to sell her return. From the “She’s back” poster to the event commercials themselves, very little airtime was given to the current champion, Amanda Nunes. Which in a way was the fuel that fed the flame for the new champion.

For Rousey, this was a big moment because we would be seeing if she was still at the caliber we were used to or if the sport had passed her by and the time she took off would play a factor. And in the end, it may be safe to say that was the case.

The fight was essentially over before it began. Nunes would walk through Rousey in just 48 seconds to earn a TKO victory for her very first title defense.

As much as it was the end of an era and career for one of the most dominant champions we’ve ever seen in MMA, it was also the beginning of Nunes’ legacy.

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