Germaine de Randamie News

Adam Martin - October 4, 2020

UFC women’s bantamweight contender Germaine de Randamie has released a statement following her stunning submission win over Julianna Pena. De Randamie is one of the top strikers in the women’s weight classes so it was downright shocking, in a good way, to see her defeat Pena via technical submission in the third round. After Pena went for a takedown late in the third round to grind out a decision win, de Randamie turned the tables when she was able to apply a devastating guillotine choke that sent Pena napping. It was the first submission win of de Randamie’s MMA career to date.

Adam D Martin - October 4, 2020

UFC women’s bantamweight contender Germaine de Randamie was one of four fighters who picked up $50,000 bonuses following UFC Fight Island 4. The UFC announced the traditional post-fight bonuses following the event. De Randamie, who picked up the first submission win of her MMA career when she tapped out Julianna Pena with a third-round guillotine choke, picked up $50k for her incredible finish. At age 36, de Randamie proved that she is still improving. It’s the second bonus of de Randamie’s UFC career, having previously won a bonus in 2016 for her TKO win over Anna Elmose.

Chris Taylor - October 3, 2020

Julianna Pena was hoping to solidify herself as a top bantamweight contender by scoring a win over Germaine de Randamie this evening at UFC Fight Island 4. Pena (9-4 MMA) was returning to action for the first time in over a year at tonight’s UFC Fight Island 4 event. In her most recent effort in July of 2019, Pena scored a unanimous decision victory over Nicco Montano.

Chris Taylor - October 3, 2020

Tonight’s UFC Fight Island 4 event features a key women’s bantamweight bout featuring former featherweight champ Germaine de Randamie taking on Julianna Pena. De Randamie (9-4 MMA) enters tonight’s bout with Pena looking to rebound following a unanimous decision loss to Amanda Nunes in her bid for the bantamweight title at UFC 245. Prior to that, ‘GDR’ was coming off a 16-second TKO victory over Aspen Ladd.

Chris Taylor - December 14, 2019

A women’s bantamweight title fight between Amanda Nunes and Germaine de Randamie took place at tonight’s UFC 245 pay-per-view event in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nunes had most recently defended her bantamweight crown at July’s UFC 239 event in Las Vegas, where she scored a TKO victory over former champion Holly Holm.

Chris Taylor - December 14, 2019

The UFC women’s bantamweight title is up for grabs on tonight’s UFC 245 main card as current champion Amanda Nunes squares off with Germaine de Randamie. The promotions current “champ champ”, Amanda Nunes (18-4 MMA), was last seen in action at July’s UFC 239 event, where she defended her women’s bantamweight title with a TKO victory over former champion Holly Holm (see that here).

Natasha Hooper - December 13, 2019

UFC 245 takes place on Saturday December 14 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. On the main card, Germaine De Randamie will take on the two-division champion Amanda Nunes. Her opponent is riding a 9-fight win streak and has defended her belt four times. Whilst the risks for De Randamie are great, the rewards are arguably much greater. The Dutch fighter fought and lost to Amanda Nunes in 2013. “The Lioness” relied on her signature punching power to seal the victory in the first round. De Randamie hasn’t lost a fight since their 2013 showdown. If she can vindicate her performance and defeat Nunes for the first time, De Randamie will become the 8th fighter in UFC history to hold belts in two divisions.

Harry Kettle - December 12, 2019

UFC 245 is almost here, and we’ve got the betting odds for the full card. There are plenty of reasons to get excited about the Las Vegas spectacular that is set to go down at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night, with the three main title fights being as good of a reason as any. There’s a whole lot of intrigue surrounding what is going to happen in these contests, with all three being viewed as very competitive matchups by most fans and experts. 

Natasha Hooper - December 3, 2019

UFC 245 promises to be a star-studded fight card. The event will take place in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on the December 14. In the UFC 245 main event, the current welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, will look to defend his title for the first time against Colby Covington. “The Nigerian Nightmare” claimed the belt from Tyron Woodley in their UFC 235 bout by unanimous decision. Likewise, Covington has been riding high on an impressive streak victories. Most recently, “Chaos” dominated former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler throughout five rounds to take the unanimous decision victory.

Natasha Hooper - November 8, 2019

Amanda Nunes is confident that she can defeat Germaine de Randamie for a second time in their UFC 245 match-up. The two-division champ is set to defend her bantamweight belt against the “The Iron Lady” on December 14th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Natasha Hooper - October 15, 2019

Aspen Ladd is appealing her 16-second TKO loss against Germaine de Randamie. Ladd collided with the former featherweight champion on Jul. 13 at UFC Sacramento in California on ESPN+. De Randamie landed a straight right hand which dropped her bantamweight opponent. Before the 35-year-old could deliver any more punches, the referee Herb Dean put an end to the fight. 

Tom Taylor - August 30, 2019

Over the last few weeks, UFC flyweight and bantamweight champ Henry Cejudo has called out seemingly everybody on the UFC roster — Urijah Faber, Cody Garbrandt, Dominick Cruz, Amanda Nunes, Valentina Shevchenko, Jose Aldo, and Frankie Edgar to name a few. From the looks of it, he’s not done with the callouts yet. On Monday afternoon, on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, upcoming UFC women’s bantamweight title challenger Germaine de Randamie recounted a boxing match she had against a heavier, male fighter in the early days of her career. Helwani then brought this story to the attention of Henry Cejudo — who clearly has no objection to calling out women — on Twitter.

Cole Shelton - July 18, 2019

Germaine de Randamie headlined her second UFC card on Saturday, taking on the undefeated Aspen Ladd in the main event of UFC Sacramento. But, fans were not happy with the ending of the fight as the former featherweight champion knocked out the 24-year-old in just 16 seconds with one punch. As soon as the fight was over, boos came down from the crowd, who evidently thought the referee intervened early. De Randamie had no idea if it was an early stoppage during the fight. But, now looking back on it, the Dutch fighter believes it was a good stoppage and wonders why fans want to see fighters take more damage than necessary.

Cole Shelton - July 15, 2019

On Saturday, the Octagon returned to our screens with the under-the-radar UFC Sacramento card. In the main event, Germaine de Randamie took on undefeated 24-year-old Aspen Ladd. The co-main event saw UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber return from retirement to take on the surging prospect Ricky Simon. In the main event, de Randamie knocked out Ladd in just 16 seconds. Meanwhile, Faber TKO’d Simon in just 46 seconds.

Christopher Taylor - July 14, 2019

Last night’s UFC Sacramento event was headlined by a women’s bantamweight bout featuring Aspen Ladd taking on former featherweight champ Germaine de Randamie. The main event lasted mere seconds, this after Germaine de Randamie connected with a straight right moments into the opening round which sent Aspen Ladd crashing to the octagon canvas. Referee Herb Dean immediately stepped in to call a stop to the action, a decision that was heavily scrutinized by both fans and analysts.

Adam D Martin - July 14, 2019

Last weekend at UFC 239, Jorge Masvidal set the record for the fastest knockout in UFC history at five seconds into the first round. Germaine de Randamie wanted that record, and she tried her best to get it at UFC Fight Night 155. Instead of beating Jorge Masdvidal for the fastest knockout in UFC history, de Randamie will have to settle for the consolation prize of tying Ronda Rousey for the fastest knockout in women’s bantamweight history. She finished Aspen Ladd in just 16 seconds in the main event of UFC Sacramento, tying Rousey’s previous record.

Christopher Taylor - July 13, 2019

Aspen Ladd suffered the first loss of her career at tonight‘s UFC Sacramento event, this after being dropped by a right hand from Germaine de Randamie. The bout, which served as this evenings event headliner, lasted all of sixteen seconds.

Chris Taylor - July 13, 2019

Tonight’s UFC Sacramento event was headlined by a women’s bantamweight bout featuring surging undefeated contender Aspen Ladd taking on former women’s featherweight title holder Germaine de Randamie. Aspen Ladd, who had a brutal weight cut for tonight’s main event, was most previously seen in action at May’s UFC Rochester event, where she scored a unanimous decision victory over Sijara Eubanks.