In a night where two fighters reclaimed championship gold and rising stars made their cases for title shots, what were the biggest moments at UFC 277? Jeff Wagenheim, Marc Raimondi and Brett Okamoto offer up their takeaways from a highlight-packed event in Dallas.
The world is once again steady on its axis, gravity has regained its pull, and oxygen has returned to the atmosphere. All is normal in the world. The previously declawed GOAT of women’s MMA is back to being The Greatest of Right Now.
Amanda Nunes battered and bloodied Julianna Peña for five brutally one-sided rounds on Saturday night to regain her women’s bantamweight championship in the main event of UFC 277 at American Airlines Center in Dallas. Thus Nunes, who also is a featherweight champ, is back to her status as a rare champion reigning simultaneously in two weight classes.
Nunes, who left American Top Team after her December loss to Peña and started her own gym, showed off a new wrinkle in her game and displayed her well-established Octagon smarts. Paired with her physical skills and toughness, Nunes’ poise and command inside the cage made her the best in the game.
The new look was Nunes fighting almost exclusively as a southpaw, and it successfully made Peña hesitant with her advances. That allowed Nunes to operate from a distance where she could hurt her opponent — which she did on several occasions, including three knockdowns in Round 2 — while not putting herself in unnecessary danger.
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