Nina Ansaroff is pregnant and the UFC strawweight, along with her partner, dual-champ Amanda Nunes, 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.
