UFC 289 turned into an evening to bear in mind because the GOAT walked clear of the game along with her two identify belts intact after any other dominant efficiency.
The illustrious Amanda Nunes headlined UFC 289 within Rogers Area in Vancouver, made her opponent Irene Aldana seem like she did not belong after which retired as the best ladies’s fighter of all time.
After reclaiming the belt closing summer season and avenging a submission loss to Julianna Peña, Nunes secured her first bantamweight identify protection over Aldana on Saturday with a unanimous resolution. Nunes swept each around on all 3 judges’ scorecards. Then, with a grin on her face all through her postfight interview with Daniel Cormier she introduced her retirement from combined martial arts.
Saturday’s pay-per-view additionally integrated the extremely expected bout between Charles Oliveira and Beneil Dariush. On paper, the light-weight showdown used to be probably the most attention-grabbing and doubtlessly exciting combat of the night time and it delivered.
Oliveira, the previous UFC light-weight champion, bounced again from his identify loss to Islam Makhachev closing October with a first-round end of Dariush, who had entered the bout on an eight-fight successful streak.
Here is how the night time spread out:
UFC 289 are living tracker
UFC 289 primary card effects
• Girls’s bantamweight championship: Amanda Nunes def. Irene Aldana by means of unanimous resolution (50-44, 50-44, 50-43)
• Light-weight: Charles Oliveira def. Beneil Dariush by means of TKO (punches) at 4:10 of R1
• Welterweight: Mike Malott def. Adam Fugitt by means of submission (guillotine) at 1:06 of R2
• Light-weight: Dan Ige def. Nate Landwehr by means of unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
• Middleweight: Marc-Andre Barriault def. Eryk Anders by means of unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
UFC 289 prelims effects
• Middleweight: Nassourdine Imavov vs. Chris Curtis results in no contest (unintentional headbutt)
• Girls’s flyweight: Jasmine Jasudavicius def. Miranda Maverick by means of unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Bantamweight: Aiemann Zahabi def. Aoriqileng by means of KO at 1:04 of R1
• Featherweight: Kyle Nelson def. Blake Bilder by means of unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 39-28)
UFC 289 early prelims effects
• Flyweight: Steve Erceg def. David Dvorak by means of unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
• Girls’s strawweight: Diana Belbita def. Maria Oliveira by means of unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
