UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes II (07/30/2022) - Dallas, TX (American Airlines Center)

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UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes II 
July 30, 2022
Dallas, TX (American Airlines Center)

UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship: Julianna Peña © (134.5) vs. Amanda Nunes (first defense) (135) - Nunes, DEC (unanimous)
Interim UFC Flyweight Championship: Brandon Moreno (124.5) vs. Kai Kara-France (124.5) - Moreno, TKO (strikes), R3 (4:34)
Derrick Lewis (264.5) vs. Sergei Pavlovich (254.5) - Pavlovich, TKO (referee stoppage), R1 (0:55)
Alexandre Pantoja (125.5) vs. Alex Perez (125.5) - Pantoja, SUB (rear naked choke), R1 (1:31)
Magomed Ankalaev (206) vs. Anthony Smith (206) - Ankalaev, TKO (punches), R2 (3:09)

ABC / ESPN / ESPN+ Preliminary Card:
Alex Morono (171) vs. Matthew Semelsberger (171) - Morono, DEC (unanimous)
Drew Dober (155.5) vs. Rafael Alves (155.5) - Dober, KO (punch to the body), R3 (1:30)
Don'Tales Mayes (255) vs. Hamdy Abdelwahab (264.5) - Abdelwahab, DEC (split)
Drakkar Klose (155.5) vs. Rafa García (155) - Klose, DEC (unanimous)

ESPN+ / Fight Pass Preliminary Card:
Michael Morales (170.5) vs. Adam Fugitt (171) - Morales, TKO (strikes), R1 (3:09)
Joselyne Edwards (137.5)** vs. Ji Yeon Kim (135) - Edwards, DEC (split)
Nicolae Negumereanu (205) vs. Ihor Potieria (204) - Negumereanu, TKO (strikes), R2 (3:33)
Orion Cosce (172.5)* vs. Mike Mathetha (169.5) - Cosce, DEC (unanimous)

*Forfeits 20% of purse for missing weight 
**Forfeits 20% of purse for missing weight 

Event Bonuses ($50,000)
Performance of the Night: Drew Dober
Performance of the Night: Alexandre Pantoja
Fight of the Night: Brandon Moreno vs. Kai Kara-France

Attendance: 19,442
Gate: $4.45 million
Buyrate:
 

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[The Natural]

Julianna Pena vs. Amanda Nunes rematch is the fight I most want to see. Last time out was one of the biggest, top five if not top two MMA upsets ever. Repeat or revenge? Looking forward to Moreno/France 2 also.

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[twiztor]

damn, Negumereanu ate that dude's lunch. did not see this fight ending like that!

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Getting hit with no mouthpiece doesn't look too pleasant especially if someone is hitting you with knees and uppercuts.

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That was a nasty body shot.

[twiztor]

Dober/Alves is easily FOTN so far. Dober's record doesn't really reflect this, but he's so good at finding a way to win a fight.

[The Natural]

Morning y'all.

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Liver kick does it for Moreno in R3.

[The Natural]

Pena knocked down four times, three in round two. Despite that, we're in the fourth.

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[The Natural]

Pena going for submissions from the bottom. Pena is so tough to still be in this. Pena is a bloody mess.

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damn good fight. i have it Nunes 5-0 despite it being a solid matchup. i enjoyed every second of this fight.

[The Natural]

Bloody canvas.

[Elsalvajeloco]

That was a very strong rebound performance for Amanda Nunes. As opposed to the first fight, Amanda didn't let Julianna just dominate and get inside on her. Julianna was just too reliant on running straight at Amanda. You're going to get timed with hooks whenever you decide to run in. Now I'm too sure why Amanda decided to just lay her arms on the mat once the fight did hit the ground, but I guess it did up the entertainment/possible Hail Mary value significantly. I mean Julianna had solid control of Amanda's left arm like 5 or 6 times (including that one close armbar). I'm not sure why you would continue to do it over again and play with fire. However, Nunes managed to avoid disaster and control the backend of the fight.

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Damn.