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Saturday’s main event marks Nunes’ first chance to retain the championship she won at UFC 232 and a win will make her become the first two-division world champion to successfully defend her championship while holding two belts. Both Daniel Cormier and Henry Cejudo, who had previously retired, won and defended titles in two separate weight divisions, but none of them returned to the lighter weight class they dominated after winning UFC gold for the division.
Since capturing the belt in a dramatic manner at the end of 2018 with Cris Cyborg’s first-round stoppage victory, “The Lioness” returned to the bamboo ranks for a pair of strong title defenses against Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie. Today, Canadian submission professional Spencer is seeking to prevent Nunes from etching her name one more time in the UFC record books.