{"id":5238,"date":"2016-12-28T14:22:52","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T14:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=5238"},"modified":"2016-12-28T14:22:52","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T14:22:52","slug":"amanda-nunes-shares-life-in-ufc-with-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=5238","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Nunes shares life in UFC with girlfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 The peculiarities of a mixed martial arts fighter\u2019s life are complicated and multi-faceted. The stresses of weight cuts and the grueling, nervous months of preparation for a bout can be difficult for even the most loyal significant other to understand.<\/p>\n<p>Yet job-related miscommunication in her relationship is not something Amanda Nunes has to worry about as she prepares to face Ronda Rousey at UFC 207 on Friday. Nunes\u2019 girlfriend, Nina Ansaroff, is going through the exact same thing.<\/p>\n<p>Ansaroff is also a fighter within the Ultimate Fighting Championship stable, a strawweight with a 6-5 record who will take to the octagon at a UFC show in Phoenix just over two weeks after Nunes defends her bantamweight title against Rousey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt helps me to be calm because I know Nina understands,\u201d Nunes told USA TODAY Sports. \u201cShe knows everything that goes into being a fighter so I don\u2019t have to explain why I am doing this or that. Sometimes getting ready to fight is a difficult time, but she makes it easy for me and I try to do the same for her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Nunes submitted Miesha Tate in the first round of their title bout at UFC 200 in the summer, she wheeled away in delight, leaped to the top of the octagon fence, and kissed Ansaroff delightedly.<\/p>\n<p>Her dominating performance against Tate made her the first openly gay champion in UFC history, a significant step for an organization where fighter trash talk has too often included reference to homophobic slurs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"outstream_article\" data-id=\"95\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:95,&quot;p&quot;:91,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;article-inlineOutstreamAd&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:&quot;inlineOutstreamAd&quot;,&quot;o&quot;:4}\">\n<div id=\"inlineoutstreamcontainer\" class=\"inlineOutstreamContainer\">\n<div id=\"apn_display_container_jfrnc7bqdzosztu2hli60f6r\" class=\"\">\n<div id=\"apn_display_container_jfrnc7bqdzosztu2hli60f6r_apn_expandable_14829348805372085\"><object id=\"apn_flash_player_1482934887883\" data=\"http:\/\/acdn.adnxs.com\/video\/static\/player\/flash\/adplayer\/1.1.16\/AppnexusFlashPlayer.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"0px\" height=\"0px\"><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nunes and Ansaroff have been together four years and though they have never hidden their relationship, neither did they feel the need to announce publicly that they were gay.<\/p>\n<p>The drama of UFC 200 and Nunes\u2019 new position as champion of one of UFC\u2019s highest-profile divisions altered things slightly, but in a positive way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt actually taught us something as well,\u201d Ansaroff said. \u201cWe never thought it was something that needed to be recognized. When we started getting emails from people who were having difficulties and struggling with their sexuality, it made us realize that maybe we should be a little bit stronger about this, to help these people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pair live in Coconut Creek, Fla., and with a healthy payday coming thanks to a share of Friday\u2019s pay-per-view revenues, have been through a lot together. When they met Nunes lived in her local gym and used a bicycle for transport, while Ansaroff was trying to work up through the MMA minor leagues.<\/p>\n<p>They met at training and quickly moved in together, communicating through Google Translate in the early part of their relationship before Brazilian Nunes\u2019 English improved. Marriage and children \u2013 they plan to adopt and Ansaroff also wishes to carry a baby \u2013 appear&nbsp;to be in their future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor sure, being in a relationship with someone who understands what is going on helps my fighting,\u201d Nunes said. \u201cBut on the other side because we are fighters helps to make the relationship stronger. We understand the work that we put in and we respect each other. We met through fighting and it brings us closer. If I am cutting weight she helps. This has helped make me champion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With so much focus on Rousey and her return for the first time since being knocked out by Holly Holm last November, Nunes\u2019 impressive rise and superb form over the past two years has occasionally been discounted.<\/p>\n<p>The couple has been amused by how the UFC hype machine has so intensely focused on Rousey at the expense of all else, but it suits their low-key lifestyle just fine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmanda doesn\u2019t need that stuff,\u201d Ansaroff said. \u201cShe has this drive and confidence that nothing is going to stand in her way. She doesn\u2019t need anyone telling her how good she is. I have seen it grow over time and she knows she is where she belongs, right at the top of women\u2019s MMA. It is going to take a heck of a lot to take that away from her, whoever you are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 The peculiarities of a mixed martial arts fighter\u2019s life are complicated and multi-faceted. The stresses of weight cuts and the grueling, nervous months of preparation for a bout can be difficult for even the most loyal significant other to understand. 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