Amanda Nunes has restored order to what had become a volatile Ultimate Fighting Championship division, filling the power vacuum created by Ronda Rousey’s unexpected fall.
During her outstanding career, Nunes has amassed her share of intriguing statistical data:
427: Days she will have spent as UFC women’s bantamweight champion by the time she climbs into the cage to face Shevchenko. It ranks as the second-longest reign in the brief history of the division, trailing only Rousey (1,074).
2.64: Strike differential, according to FightMetric figures. Among active UFC fighters, only Joanna Jedrzejczyk (4.44), Cain Velasquez (4.14), Todd Duffee (3.20) and Kamaru Usman (2.66) are ahead of Nunes in the category.
115: Total strikes by which Nunes has outstruck the opposition during her current five-fight winning streak.
3: Former UFC champions she has defeated. Her list of victims includes Rousey, Tate and Germaine de Randamie.
11: First-round finishes on Nunes’ resume. They include 11-, 14-, 47-, 48- and 68-second stoppages.
21: Percentage of career victories Nunes has secured by submission. All three were the result of rear-naked chokes.
1: Takedowns she has surrendered since her September 2014 defeat to Cat Zingano. Only Shevchenko has managed to get her to the ground.
19: Years of age at the time of Nunes’ pro MMA debut. She submitted to an Ana Maria armbar 35 seconds into the first round of their Prime MMA Championship 2 encounter on March 8, 2008. It remains the only submission defeat of Nunes’ career.
194: Significant strikes landed in eight UFC appearances. They account for more than 74 percent of her offensive output.
150,000: Dollars in post-fight bonus money Nunes has earned in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. She banked $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonuses for her technical knockout on Rousey at UFC 207, her rear-naked choke submission on Tate at UFC 200 and her rear-naked choke submission on 2004 Olympic silver medalist Sara McMann at UFC Fight Night 73.
2: Countries in which Nunes has competed, her 18 professional bouts split between the United States and her native Brazil. Canada will be the third.
3: Times she has fought into the third round. Nunes owns a 1-2 record in those fights, her victory over Shevchenko offset by losses to Zingano and Sarah D’Alelio.