Nina Ansaroff was ‘pretty much done’ with MMA before winning streak

Nina Ansaroff has a chance to break into the top 10 — or even top 5 — of the UFC strawweight division on Dec. 8, taking on former title challenger Claudia Gadelha at UFC 231 in Toronto, but that scenario almost didn’t come to fruition.
Ansaroff lost back-to-back decisions in her first UFC fights in 2014 and 2016, dropping her overall MMA record to 6-5. Amanda Nunes, who was Ansaroff’s girlfriend at the time, said there was a possibility of her pausing her career to get p