UFC 289 went down final night time (Sat., June 10, 2023) inside Rogers Heart in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which noticed Amanda Nunes dominate Irene Aldana for 25 minutes in the principle occasion of the night to retain her ladies’s Bantamweight title earlier than asserting her retirement from the combat sport (recap). Within the co-headlining act, Charles Oliveira scored an emphatic first-round technical knockout (TKO) win over Beneil Dariush (see it once more right here).
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Greatest Winner: Amanda Nunes
Nunes dominated Aldana for 25 minutes en path to cruising to a unanimous choice win when it appeared as if “Lioness” may have completed Aldana if she put her foot on the fuel pedal. However the “champ-champ” was content material with busting up her foe’s face all night time lengthy. When she wasn’t doing that, she was taking her down at will. In essence, she toyed along with her for 5 rounds. With the win, Nunes secured her sixth protection of her 135-pound strap and introduced her retirement after the combat. If it actually is the final time we noticed her combat contained in the Octagon, she leaves as the best feminine fighter within the sport. She goes out on prime as double champion, one thing that can seemingly by no means occur once more in UFC. And for that cause she will get the highest spot. I suppose “Lionheart” wasn’t too far off in any case.
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Runner Up: Charles Oliveira
After shedding his Light-weight title to Islam Makhachev, many puzzled simply how Oliveira would react in his comeback combat. And it didn’t take lengthy for “Do Bronx” to indicate that he’s nonetheless on the prime of his sport and extra motivated than ever by completely dominating Dariush from the opening bell en path to scoring a masterpiece of a first-round stoppage win. With the victory, Oliveira solidified his spot on the entrance of the championship race and sure secured himself a rematch towards Makhachev, which shall be very attention-grabbing this time round as a result of “Do Bronx” vows to be at full power when the time comes.
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Greatest Loser: Irene Aldana
Sure, Dariush noticed his probability of preventing for a UFC title exit the window, however Aldana will get the nod right here as a result of she threw up an absolute dud in her first-ever title combat, failing to supply up any offense by any means for 25 minutes of the bout. She did land one good counter strike that briefly rocked “Lioness” within the opening body, however that was just about it. For the remainder of the combat Nunes toyed with the Mexican-born fighter and did no matter she needed along with her. Aldana reacted method an excessive amount of when Nunes feinted, she acquired taken down at will and he or she was out-struck. It was a clear sweep. Maybe the second was too huge for right here or Nunes is simply ranges above her…or each. She is going to now have to return to the drafting board and hope she will work her method as much as one other shot. If she ever will get again to the large dance once more, she will discover solace in figuring out it will not be towards Aldana.
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