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
Kara-France looks very intense during his walkout. Lots of cheers for Moreno as he emerges next.
UFC 277 LIVE
It’s already time for the co-main event! Brandon Moreno and Kai Kara-France will go head to head to crown an interim flyweight champion.
The pair clashed in 2019, with Moreno winning via unanimous decision during an unbeaten run that led to the Mexican claiming the undisputed title in 2021.
He dropped the belt to Deiveson Figueiredo, the man he dethroned last year, this January, and a title unification bout with the Brazilian awaits the winner of tonight’s co-main event between Moreno (19-6-2) and New Zealander Kara-France (24-9, 1 NC).
That could mean a fourth contest between Moreno and Figueiredo, who actually drew in 2020 before trading wins to level their trilogy.
UFC 277 LIVE
Sergei Pavlovich def. Derrick Lewis via first-round TKO (punches, 0:55).
UFC 277 LIVE
Lewis vs Pavlovich – Round 1
Pavlovich wobbles Lewis with a right hook and pours on more punches as Lewis retreats! Some uppercuts get through the American’s guard...
Another right hook puts down Lewis! He’s immediately back to his feet, but not before referee Dan Miragliotta steps in! It’s waved off!
Lewis is devastated, but it’s too late. That will go down as a TKO loss for the Texan – his third in his home state over the last 12 months.
Pavlovich plays up to the fans’ boos.
UFC 277 LIVE
Lots of boos for russian Pavlovich, who is 15-1 as a pro with 12 KO/TKO wins.
UFC 277 LIVE
Lewis is fighting in his home state of Texas. In his last fight, against Tai Tuivasa, and against Ciryl Gane last summer, Lewis was finished on home turf.
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