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

Re-live updates and see all results from the event at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas

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 00:59 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 277 LIVE

Michael Morales def. Adam Fugitt via third-round TKO (punches, 1:09).

[31 July 2022 00:32 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 277 LIVE

Joselyne Edwards def. Ji Yeon Kim via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27).

[31 July 2022 00:04 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 277 LIVE

Nicolae Negumereanu def. Ihor Potieria via second-round TKO (punches, 3:33).

[30 July 2022 23:37 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 277 LIVE

The early prelims are under way as we speak!

We’ll have round-by-round updates once the prelims start at 1am BST, but for now we’ll just be providing results.

The first fight of the night is complete: Orion Cosce def. Mike Mathetha via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

[30 July 2022 23:30 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 277 LIVE

Here’s a look at tonight’s card in full:

Main card

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)

Prelims

Alex Morono vs Matthew Semelsberger (welterweight)

Drew Dober vs Rafael Alves (lightweight)

Don’Tale Mayes vs Hamdy Abdelwahab (heavyweight)

Rafa Garcia vs Drakkar Klose (lightweight)

Early prelims

Adam Fugitt vs Michael Morales (welterweight)

Ji Yeon Kim vs Joselyne Edwards (women’s flyweight)

Nicolae Negumereanu vs Ihor Potieria (light heavyweight)

Orion Cosce vs Mike Mathetha (welterweight)

[30 July 2022 23:24 · Alex Pattle]

UFC 277 LIVE

Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of UFC 277!

Two rematches will top the card this evening, with gold on the line in each.

In the main event, women’s featherweight champion Amanda Nunes looks to regain her status as a dual-weight title holder, challenging Julianna Pena for the bantamweight belt that she lost to the American late last year. Pena (11-4) submitted Nunes (21-5) in the second round at UFC 269 in December, winning the title in what is deemed one of the biggest upsets in the history of mixed martial arts. She will attempt to prove that the result was no fluke when she takes on Brazilian Nunes, the consensus greatest women’s mixed martial artist of all time, once again tonight.

In the co-main event, Brandon Moreno and Kai Kara-France will go head to head to crown an interim flyweight champion. The pair clashed in 2019, with Moreno winning via unanimous decision during an unbeaten run that led to the Mexican claiming the undisputed title in 2021. He dropped the belt to Deiveson Figueiredo, the man he dethroned, this January, and a title unification bout with the Brazilian awaits the winner of tonight’s co-main event between Moreno (19-6-2) and New Zealander Kara-France (24-9, 1 NC).