UFC 277 LIVE: Nunes vs Pena stream, latest updates and results tonight
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Amanda Nunes restored her status as a dual-weight UFC champion on Saturday night, dominating Julianna Pena to regain the women’s bantamweight title in the main event of UFC 277.
Pena submitted Nunes in December to win the belt from the Brazilian, who also holds the UFC women’s featherweight title, in what is seen as one of the biggest upsets in the history of mixed martial arts. Nunes, however, put things right as far as she was concerned on Saturday, dominating a brave, resilient Pena to secure a unanimous-decision victory (50-45, 50-44, 50-43) over the American and recapture the bantamweight gold.
Nunes, fighting out of a southpaw stance at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, dropped 32-year-old Pena to a knee twice in the first round, before scoring three knockdowns in Round 2. The second of those three was the most significant, Nunes clipping Pena with a powerful lead right hook from southpaw and sending her tumbling to the canvas. The remainder of the five-round fight saw Nunes, 34, take down Pena with ease and land heavy strikes from above – particularly slicing elbows that opened a severe cut along Pena’s hairline – while the American tried to throw up submissions in response.
Re-live updates and see all results from UFC 277, below.
UFC 277 LIVE
Plenty of respect between the flyweights.
Deiveson Figueiredo, who holds the ‘disputed’ belt, is ringside.
UFC 277 LIVE
Brandon Moreno def. Kai Kara-France via third-round TKO (body kick, punches; 4:34).
UFC 277 LIVE
Moreno vs Kara-France – Round 3
Close rounds. Possibly one apiece.
Kara-France sweeps Moreno then lands some heavy punches and elbows with the Mexican on the mat!
Moreno gets back to his feet, but he’s been badly cut on his face! It was one of the elbows that did it. Moreno tries to put the pressure back on Kara-France.
Kara-France times a right hand beautifully. He’s seizing momentum here... But Moreno digs a body kick into Kara-France’s ribs and then connects with a hook as the Kiwi retreats.
Kara-France goes for a single-leg takedown, but Moreno slips free and lands a spinning back fist as he does! He then hurts Kara-France BADLY with another kick to the body!
Kara-France drops to the mat, and Moreno forces the stoppage with a series of punches! The former champion is now interim champion!
UFC 277 LIVE
Moreno vs Kara-France – Round 2
Moreno rolls under a hook and grabs hold of Kara-France, initiating a Thai clinch and landing a knee to the head in close.
Kara-France is able to get free and move away. Slapping inside leg kick by Moreno. Kara-France goes for a head kick, Moreno ducks under and gets a body lock.
He pushes Kara-France to the fence and weighs down on the Kiwi. Great work by Kara-France to escape, however, and he evades an elbow off the break as well.
Kara-France trips Moreno in essence, with a low kick landing as the Mexican misses with a head kick.
Moreno bounces back to his feet and goes to work on his opponent’s body.
UFC 277 LIVE
Moreno vs Kara-France – Round 1
Moreno’s lead hand is outstretched as is often the case with him; Kara-France slaps it away.
Kara-France lands a low kick while blocking a head kick! It nearly trips Moreno. The Mexican fires back with a grazing, wide left hook.
Moreno is the one pressing forward so far. Kara-France kicks low; Moreno hooks to the head. Kara-France lands a big overhand right!
Moreno responds by shooting for a double-leg takedown. The Kiwi wriggles free, however. Again he kicks low, and again Moreno hits back with a hook up top.
More leg kicks from Kara-France, but still Moreno comes forward.
UFC 277 LIVE
Moreno vs Kara-France – Round 1
“Mexico” is the early chant from the crowd in Dallas. Kara-France is bidding to become the City Kickboxing gym’s third UFC champion. The others are incumbent: Alexander Volkanovski at featherweight and Israel Adesanya at middleweight.
There’s an early pause in the action after an accidental low blow by Kara-France. The Kiwi’s eye is already red from some Moreno jabs.
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