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Category: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)

  • UFC: Julianna Pena rips Amanda Nunes following UFC retirement

    UFC: Julianna Pena rips Amanda Nunes following UFC retirement


    Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena continued their beef after the former announced her retirement at UFC 289 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

    Pena appeared unpleased with Saturday’s turn of events and claimed over Twitter that she had scared Nunes into retirement.

    The two initially were expected to headline UFC 289 before a rib injury sidelined Pena. Nunes, who is the defending UFC bantamweight and featherweight champion, instead recorded a unanimous decision over fill-in opponent Irene Aldana.

    “I was supposed to beat her tonight again,” Nunes said, per ESPN, in response to Pena’s social media comment. “If it was Julianna Pena tonight, I wouldn’t retire. I wanted to fight somebody I never fought before and then retire.”

    Pena defeated Nunes via submission at UFC 269 on Dec. 11, 2021 before the latter responded less than eight months later with a unanimous decision victory at UFC 277.

    Nunes, 35, finished with a 23-5 record.

    Pena, 33, is 11-5 as a professional.

    –Field Level Media

  • UFC: Amanda Nunes defends bantamweight crown, then bows out

    UFC: Amanda Nunes defends bantamweight crown, then bows out


    Defending UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes took a unanimous decision against Irena Aldana on Saturday night in UFC 289 in Vancouver, Canada, and then promptly announced her retirement.

    Nunes, who is also the UFC women’s featherweight champion, won by scores of 50-44 on two judges’ cards and 50-43 on the third one.

    She made a show of her decision to quit the sport, placing her two UFC belts in the Octagon, and after her gloves were cut from her hands, she tearfully knelt down over the belts.

    “Brazil, come get these belts! I’m leaving!” Nunes, a Brazilian, said.

    She exits with a 22-5 record. Aldana, of Mexico, fell to 14-6.

    Nunes finished with 197 total strikes to 49 for Aldana, and led in significant strikes 147-38.

    The co-main event saw lightweight Charles Oliveira, also of Brazil, take out Beneil Dariush of the U.S. by technical knockout at 4:10 of the first round.

    Oliveira, a former lightweight champ, ran his record to 34-9, while Dariush fell to 22-5-1.

    Other winners on the main card were welterweight Mike Malott (submission), featherweight Dan Ige (unanimous decision) and middleweight Marc-Andre Barriault (unanimous decision).

    –Field Level Media