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UFC 200 live: Brock Lesnar beats Mark Hunt, Amanda Nunes destroys Miesha Tate to win bantamweight title

Follow all the action from UFC 200 as Anderson Silva takes on Daniel Cormier in a late replacement for Jon Jones

Jack de Menezes
Saturday 09 July 2016 18:29 BST
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Brock Lesnar returns at UFC 200 to fight Mark Hunt
Brock Lesnar returns at UFC 200 to fight Mark Hunt (Getty)

The build-up to UFC 200 has been nothing short of hectic, but the biggest show in MMA history is finally ready to go ahead after Anderson Silva filled in for Jon Jones after the latter provided an alleged anti-doping violation, with the women’s bantamweight championship match between Miesha Tate and Amanda Nunes moving up to headline the night. Follow the latest here:

Main card:

  • Amanda Nunes beats Miesha Tate by submission to win the UFC women’s bantamweight championship
  • Brock Lesnar beats Mark Hunt by unanimous decision
  • Daniel Cormier beats Anderson Silva via unanimous decision
  • Jose Aldo beats Frankie Edgar  to win the UFC interim featherweight championship by unanimous decision
  • Cain Velasquez beats Travis Browne by stoppage

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Preliminary card

Cat Zingano vs Julianna Pena

Johny Hendricks vs Kelvin Gastelum

TJ Dillashaw vs Raphael Assuncao

Sage Northcutt vs Enrique Marin

Jones was forced to pull out of his planned UFC light heavyweight title showdown with Daniel Cormier after he failed a drug test, with Silva stepping up as a replacement at short notice.

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GOOD MORNING!

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of UFC 200. It's just gone midnight in the United Kingdom, but in Las Vegas it's just getting started. We're heading to the end of the early pre-lims, which means the action that everyone wants to see will be getting underway in about 20 minutes time.

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So what does our columnist and former welterweight UFC fighter Dan Hardy believe will happen tonight? Find out by reading his UFC 200 preview below: 

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