Amanda Nunes wants to become 2-division champ, calls for UFC 208's Holm-de Randamie winner

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes is looking to add another belt to her collection.

Nunes (14-4 MMA, 7-1 UFC), who defended her 135-pound title for the first time with a 48-second beatdown of Ronda Rousey (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in December, now has her sights set on the new 145-pound championship.

This past month, UFC officials announced former 135-pound champion Holly Holm (10-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) is slated to move up and jumpstart a new weight class when she takes on Germaine de Randamie (7-3 MMA, 3-1 UFC) for the inaugural women’s featherweight title. The bout serves as the pay-per-view headliner of UFC 208, which takes place Feb. 11 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Nunes, who the No. 1 fighter in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA women’s bantamweight rankings, wants a shot at the winner of that upcoming title fight between No. 4-ranked Holm and No. 14 de Randamie (via Twitter):

Nunes, who’s riding a five-fight winning streak with four stoppages, hasn’t been booked for her next fight. An upcoming UFC on FOX 23 headliner between Valentina Shevchenko (13-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) and Julianna Pena (8-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) could determine her next challenger.

However, Nunes is clearly looking for a shot at making history. Since the UFC’s launch in 1993, only three fighters – all male – have owned belts in two weight classes. In November Conor McGregor became the first to hold them simultaneously when he picked up the lightweight belt (he was later stripped of his featherweight title).

Nunes would look to join that small club of two-division champs with McGregor, B.J. Penn (lightweight and welterweight) and Randy Couture (light heavyweight and heavyweight).

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