The former UFC featherweight champion announced via Instagram that she is pregnant and expected to give birth in March 2023.
“Woohoooo we can finally scream it from the top of our lungs, ‘WE ARE PREGNANT,’ de Randamie wrote. “We are blessed with our little miracle.”
The 38-year-old de Randamie hasn’t competed since a third-round submission victory over ex-bantamweight queen Julianna Pena at UFC on ESPN 16 in October 2020. The Netherlands native was a top contender at both 135 and 145 pounds. She claimed the UFC’s inaugural featherweight belt with a decision triumph against Holly Holm at UFC 208 but would vacate the throne without defending the title.
De Randamie later challenged for bantamweight gold at UFC 245, dropping a five-round verdict to Amanda Nunes. “The Iron Lady” owns a 10-4 career mark that includes triumphs over the likes of Pena, Aspen Ladd, Raquel Pennington, Holm, Larissa Pacheco and Julie Kedzie. She was slated to face Irene Aldana at UFC 268 last November but had to pull out of the fight due to injury.