SAN DIEGO – Nina Nunes won’t be one of those fighters who flip-flops on retirement. She’s done, and vows it’s for good.
After defeating Cynthia Calvillo (9-5-1 MMA, 6-5-1 UFC) by split decision on Saturday at UFC on ESPN 41, Nunes (11-7 MMA, 5-4 UFC) took off her gloves, laid them down in the center of the octagon and announced her career is over.
It’s a decision that has been brewing for quite a while, said Nunes, who made her MMA debut just shy of 12 years ago in September 2010. It would’ve happened last month when she was supposed to fight Calvillo originally, but the fight was postponed when Nunes came down with a fight-day illness that had the bout postponed.
