Canadian fighters sweep, legend Amanda Nunes retires after win at UFC 289 in Vancouver
Malott emerged as a star during fight week, making headlines in the media and drawing comparisons to Canadian stars in the past like Georges St. Pierre . He’s now riding a a six-fight win streak and and he’s ended all those fights in either the first or second round.Malott said he appreciates the comparisons to other great Canadian MMA stars, but that he is his own person and wants to craft his own legacy.
“I don’t want to be the first Georges St. Pierre – I want to be the first Mike Malott,” he said. “I love how I fight and my style but I take so much inspiration from him. I had a GSP poster in my room as a kid and I idolized that man.”That win followed victories by Quebec’s Marc-Andre Barriault over Eryk Anders , Onatrio’s Jasmine Jasudavicius over Miranda Maverick , Quebec’s Aiemann Zahabi beating Aoriqileng and Ontario’s Kyle Nelson over Blake Bilder .
Nunes dominated challenger Irene Aldana to retain her bantamweight title and then placed both that title and her featherweight title on the mat, ripped off her gloves and announced that she was retiring. She’s considered by many to be the greatest female mixed martial artist of all time and retires with a record of 23-5. Nunes won 14 of her last 15 bouts and defeated stars such as Ronda Rousey, Cris Cyborg, Shayna Baszler and Valentina Shevchenko over her remarkable career.She stated that she knew before tonight that this would be her final fight in the UFC.
The co-main event saw Charles Oliveira take down Beneil Dariush by TKO at 4:10 of the first round. It was a bounce-back win for the Brazilian, who fell to Islam Makachev on Oct. 22, 2022 in his most recent fight. Prior to that setback he had win 11 straight and was the light heavyweight champion.
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