Fans who are waiting for the comeback of Germaine de Randamie, aka “The Iron Lady,” need to wait a little longer. Randamie has had something huge happening in her personal life: she has welcomed a baby boy. At the moment, instead of focusing on coming back to the octagon, her undivided attention goes to her son.

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In September 2022, the former UFC featherweight champion announced her pregnancy through Instagram. The 38-year-old shared the happiness of expecting a newborn with her girlfriend, Samantha. At the moment, the couple is blessed with their first child together. Once again, she took to Instagram to let the world know about one of the greatest news of joy in her life.

Fans and MMA fighters congratulate the Germaine de Randamie

 The Iron Lady shared a photo of herself and Samantha with their newborn in the hospital bed. Under the post, she wrote, Blessed and so proud to introduce to the world our little miracle our whole world our son Isaiah, Sam de Randamie A born on March 20th at 03.01 hours in Utrecht, The Netherlands” Under the post, other MMA fighters and fans showered the newborn with blessings and congratulated the couple.

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Check out how the MMA fighters and fans reacted after coming across the happy news.

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 The Polish mixed martial artist, Joanna Jedrzejczyk commented:

 Congrats

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 The UFC’s women’s flyweight fighter, Lauren Murphy, commented:

“Congratulations Champ!!!”

 The former MMA fighter, Dan Hardy, commented:

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 “Amazing! Congratulations” 

 The former UFC fighter, Nina Nunes, expressed her happiness by congratulating the couple. She wrote, “Congratulations.

Not just the fighters, one of the fans commented,

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Amazing congratulations

 Another fan wrote, “Proud and instantly in love”

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 One of the netizens congratulated the new parents:

 “Congrats to you and your wife!!! Little man has a truly great example in you to look up to. Beautiful thanks for sharing.”

 Another fan left a sweet comment:

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 “Wow congratulations together enjoy”

The professional life of ‘The Iron Lady’

De Randamie, who has a record of 10 victories and four losses, was last seen in the UFC octagon on October 2020. Back then, she fought against Julianna Pena, and with a powerful Guillotine Choke, she forced Pena to submit in round three. However, before the glorious victory, her rematch against Amanda Nunes paved the way for her to lose not just the bout but her winning streak as well. Now that the Iron Lady has embraced a new phase in her life, the audience needs to wait to watch her come back stronger.

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