UFC's star fighter Amanda Nunes has announced that she is having a baby girl with her partner and fellow fighter Nina Ansaroff.

Ansaroff is carrying their child and has said she will return to fighting 'soon after giving birth'.

Nunes shared her happy news via Instagram, saying: "I wanna tell every single person on this planet that.... Raegan Ann Nunes will be here mid September! I cannot wait to see her."

While Ansaroff wrote: "I am excited to announce that Baby Raegan Ann Nunes will be here mid September! I cannot wait to meet her! 

"I am carrying and still plan on fighter after she is born."

The couple have been together since 2012 after meeting at a gym and got engaged in 2018 after Nunes proposed.

Nunes' personal announcement followed the news that she will be fighting Felicia Spencer in the UFC 250 in San Paulo.