Watch Amanda Serrano choke out MMA opponent five years before calling out Amanda Nunes

Despite having turn into one among the best female boxers of all time, Amanda Serrano has experience within the cage.

On January 24, the UFC holds its first event of the yr as UFC 324 lands in Las Vegas, kicking off their partnership with Paramount.

This past Wednesday, though, the cardboard took an enormous hit because it was announced that Kayla Harrison is out of her scheduled title fight against Amanda Nunes after suffering a neck injury.

The promotion announced that the fight has been ‘postponed to a later date’ with Harrison set to be out for as much as six months after undergoing surgery.

And although Nunes won’t be remaining on the UFC 324 card, she wasn’t in need of fighters offering to step in on short notice, one among which bizarrely being boxing world champion, Amanda Serrano.

Watch Amanda Serrano choke out MMA opponent in early profession fight

Despite ‘The Real Deal’ Serrano being widely known for her skills contained in the boxing ring, which led her to turn into the primary Puerto Rican to finish the undisputed title feat, she has experience in MMA.

In 2018, Serrano made her MMA debut in Combate Global, when she took on Corina Herrera. The 2 subsequently fought to a draw.

Just a couple of months later, after having already returned to boxing where she won one other title, Serrano returned for one more fight under the Combate Global banner, taking over Erendira Ordonez.

Early within the fight, it was clear that Ordonez was attempting to utilize her kicks, considering that Serrano is probably not used to taking kicks like that in training.

Despite that, a couple of minutes into the primary round, Serrano caught one among the Mexican’s kicks and dumped her to the bottom where she briefly controlled.

Once the fight got back to the feet, Serrano’s boxing skill began to pay dividends as she walked down Ordonez.

With just over a minute left of the round, ‘The Real Deal’ landed an enormous flurry of punches on Ordonez, who tucked up and looked to simply stay within the fight.

After being teed up on by the boxing champion, Ordonez turned her back and Serrano jumped on the chance to take her back. Not long after she sunk in a rear-naked-choke, forcing the faucet.

Serrano still trains wrestling and ‘kicking’ as she explains Nunes callout

Following her success within the boxing ring, in 2023, Serrano signed a cope with the PFL, joining up with Jake Paul, who has been promoting her boxing profession ever since.

And despite having not competed within the PFL yet, Serrano revealed that she still trains wrestling and kicking, and didn’t mean any disrespect when offering to fight Nunes within the UFC.

“This isn’t to disrespect Amanda Nunes. I believe she’s the GOAT of MMA,” Serrano said in a post on X.

“I also know she has incredible hands and loves to make use of them. I’ve competed in each MMA and JiuJitsu, anyone that has ever done MMA/BJJ has at all times dreamt of competing on the most important stages and (biggest) company, UFC.

“My nephew, Jovan, is the captain of his Varsity wrestling team and I train with him a couple of times every week just to present him extra work. I really like kicking so I never stopped training that either. Much respect to The Lioness.”