UFC 277 LIVE: Nunes vs Pena stream, latest updates and results tonight

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Nunes and Pena make weight for UFC 277

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

• Nunes def. Pena via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-44, 50-43)
• Moreno def. Kara-France via third-round TKO (body kick, punches; 4:34)
• Pavlovich def. Lewis via first-round TKO (punches, 0:55)
• Pantoja def. Perez via first-round submission (rear naked choke, 1:31)
• Ankalaev def. Smith via second-round TKO (punches, 3:09)

[31 July 2022 03:15 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 277 LIVE

Smith (36-16) is ranked fifth in the division, while Ankalaev (17-1) is fourth.

[31 July 2022 03:15 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 277 LIVE

The main card begins with a clash of light heavyweight contenders: Magomed Ankalaev and former title challenger Anthony Smith.

[31 July 2022 03:04 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 277 LIVE

Julianna Pena (C) vs Amanda Nunes 2 (women’s bantamweight title)

Brandon Moreno vs Kai Kara-France 2 (interim flyweight title)

Derrick Lewis vs Sergei Pavlovich (heavyweight)

Alexandre Pantoja vs Alex Perez (flyweight)

Magomed Ankalaev vs Anthony Smith (light heavyweight)

[31 July 2022 03:02 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 277 LIVE

Next up is the main card!

[31 July 2022 03:02 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 277 LIVE

Alex Morono def. Matthew Semelsberger via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27).

[31 July 2022 03:00 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 277 LIVE

Morono vs Semelsberger – Round 3

Semelsberger’s eye has almost fully swollen shut. A doctor will have a look at it... and let him continue!

Semelsberger comes out swinging... he lands a flying knee! Morono is down! He tries to grapple his way out of the situation...

Eventually the pair stand. Morono’s mouthguard came out at some point... Semelsberger is grappling Morono against the fence, where referee Dan Miragliotta puts Morono’s mouthguard back in.

Semelsberger’s team are telling him to fight as if he needs a finish, which he probably does. It doesn’t come, though, and the judges will be required.

[31 July 2022 02:53 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 277 LIVE

Morono vs Semelsberger – Round 2

Morono backs up for a while, frustrating Semelsberger with his elusivity before timing a clean one-two.

A counter jab stings Semelsberger, who is loading up on his shots. A right hook does land for him after a few missed efforts, though.

Morono now checks a couple of low kicks and lands a few winging right hooks. The latter are in part enabled, it seems, by the cut around Semelsberger’s left eye.

Semelsberger is able to secure a takedown, however, landing straight in guard. Morono looks for an armbar in response, but he runs out of time in the round.

He also takes a few heavy strikes from above before the buzzer.

[31 July 2022 02:47 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 277 LIVE

Morono vs Semelsberger – Round 1

Semelsberger blocks a spinning back kick to the body. Morono stings him with a well-timed counter jab, though.

Again Morono tries for a spinning back kick, this time up top, but he misses. A one-two lands for Morono, however.

Morono suggests he was poked in the left eye... Yes, a replay confirms it, but he doesn’t need much of a pause in action before being okay to continue.

Semelsberger has a cut around his left eye.

[31 July 2022 02:43 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 277 LIVE

Alex Morono vs Matthew Semelsberger at welterweight is up next.

[31 July 2022 02:35 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 277 LIVE

Dober says that boxing world champion Terence Crawford was in his corner, shouting at him to throw the left to the body!

Not a bad man to have in your corner...