Amanda Nunes x Raquel Pennington (Live)

Today, champion and Brazilian Amanda Nunes will defend her UFC women's bantamweight belt against American Raquel Pennington, here's how to watch live.

UFC Rio: Nunes vs Pennington (live)

Today, May 12, 2018, happens the UFC Rio, in its ninth edition in the capital of Rio de Janeiro, in the beautiful Jeunesse Arena.

As happens whenever we have a UFC edition in Brazil, the card is absolutely stuffed with Brazilian fighters, in all fights, some even have two Brazilians, one fighting against the other, which is the case of Vitor Belfort and Lyoto Machida.

But the main fight is due to the Brazilian Amanda Nunes.

Let's get to know a little about who Amanda is.

Amanda Nunes: MMA and UFC

The Brazilian Amanda Nunes was born in Bahia, near Salvador, and this month will turn 30 years old. Whether she is going to make it as a champion or not, that's what we'll do soon in the UFC Rio live on Canal Combate.

She enters the octagon with a cartel of 15 victories and 4 defeats.

Conquered his belt in 2016, over Miesha Tate and soon after knocked out the legend Ronda Rousey in just 48 seconds, shocking the world and putting Nunes in the world MMA scenario.

Amanda comes from a divided (and controversial) win against Valentina Shevchenko (she fought and won her twice, both by split decision).

Currently Brazil only has two UFC belts, one is from Amanda and the other is from the legend Cris Cyborg. Does she hold the title? Only those who watch UFC live today will know the answer.

UFC 224: Raquel Pennington

Pennington has the same age as Amanda, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Raquel has a much more modest MMA record of 9 wins and 5 losses, but comes from 4 wins in a row, over important names like Miesha Tate, Bethe Correira and Jéssica Andrade.

It was revealed to the world in 2013 when it participated in an edition of TUF, The Ultimate Fighter 18, UFC reality show that reveals new talents in the world of MMA.

UFC 224 Live: How to watch ?

If you watch UFC Rio live, you can certainly expect a lively and great fight between Nunes and Pennington, who will lead the card for this UFC 224 event.

The official UFC channel in Brazil is Canal Combate.

Those who wish to watch live and online, just call your cable operator (Sky, Net, Hi, Claro etc) and request the Combate Channel, which is a la carte and must be signed separately.

It is not every day that the biggest mixed martial arts event in the world lands in Brazil with belt contests and big names like Lyoto Machida, Vitor Belfort, Ronaldo "Jacaré" Souza and Kelvin Gastelum