UFC 277 LIVE: Nunes vs Pena stream, latest updates and results tonight
Re-live updates and see all results from the event at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
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
Next up, it’s a heavyweight contest between former title challenger Derrick Lewis and Sergei Pavlovich!
Expecting a knockout here wouldn’t be unfounded...
UFC 277 LIVE
Alexandre Pantoja def. Alex Perez via first-round submission (rear naked choke, 1:31).
It’s going down as a rear naked choke.
Pantoja holds wins over both Brandon Moreno and Kai Kara-France, who clash in tonight’s co-main event to crown an interim flyweight champion.
Could the Brazilian be next for the winner of that bout? The victor of the co-main event will surely face Deiveson Figueiredo in a unification bout next, but Pantoja may lie in wait down the line...
UFC 277 LIVE
Pantoja vs Perez – Round 1
Pantoja and Perez get at it right away! Pantoja comes forward with a flurry of strikes, putting Perez under immense pressure.
Pantoja quickly slips around Perez and jumps on his back! He tries for a rear naked choke... at the moment he can only get a neck crank...
Perez taps!!! It’s already over!
UFC 277 LIVE
Alexandre Pantoja vs Alex Perez is up next at flyweight – two contenders set to clash in an important bout for the division.
Not quite as important as tonight’s co-main event, which sees former champion Brandon Moreno face Kai Kara-France for the interim belt, but important nonetheless.
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