Amanda Nunes won a unanimous five-round decision over Julianna Pena in the main event of UFC 277 on Saturday night to regain the women's bantamweight championship that she lost last December.
Nunes , nicknamed "The Lioness," also holds the featherweight belt. The judges' scoring was 50-45, 50-44 and 50-43.Pena beat Nunes last December at Las Vegas to claim the title in one of the biggest upsets in UFC history.Brandon Moreno won the co-main event with a third-round TKO over Kai Kara-France in a scheduled five-round bout to take possession of the interim men's flyweight championship belt.
Nunes had Pena on her back again for much of the fourth and fifth rounds. Pena's face was streaked with blood that stained much of the mat. UFC president Dana White said Pena was taken from the arena after the fight to see a plastic surgeon about damage to her forehead.Nunes owned the bantamweight belt for more than five years before the December defeat, which snapped a 12-match winning streak that included nine consecutive title fights.
Deiveson Figueiredo regained the flyweight belt from Moreno last January with a unanimous decision in a trilogy fight in the 125-pound division. But Figueiredo sustained a hand injury several months ago and could not make a title defence, resulting in UFC creating an interim title fight.
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