LOS ANGELES – Amanda Nunes believes she’s the greatest women’s fighter of all-time , and with victories over Cris Cyborg, Miesha Tate, Ronda Rousey, and two over Valentina Shevchenko, among others, she’s got a pretty convincing case. But there’s one big name missing from that list: Holly Holm , the competitor who won world boxing titles in three weight classes, then came over to MMA and destroyed the myth of Rousey’s invincibility to win the UFC bantamweight belt Nunes now holds. Someone who has won world titles in two sports has a special appreciation for what it took for Nunes to win both the UFC featherweight and bantamweight belts. So while Holm isn’t going to discount what Nunes has accomplished, she also has a message before the two tangle for the 135-pound belt at UFC 239 on July 6: You still haven’t beaten me. “In order to have two belts in two different divisions, you have to be a special something,” Holm told MMA Junkie at Monday’s UFC 239 media day in downtown LA. “But she hasn’t faced Holly and that’s the bottom line
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