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She’s not a striker.” Amanda Nunes Zuffa LLC I knew she wouldn’t be able to adjust that. “I know I’m gonna catch her with that tonight. The main thing tonight was my southpaw ,” Nunes told reporters later. The southpaw stance, an admitted work in progress, was “confusing” to Peña in Nunes’ estimation. She painted Peña to the canvas three times, dropping her twice with hard lead right hooks from southpaw in the first two minutes and a third time with a stiff left straight late in the round. Come summer’s runback, it was her masterpiece. Round two had been Nunes’ disaster in the winter.

Instead, Saturday’s challenger controlled the pace, pelting Peña with the more powerful shots to set a tone for what was to come.

Peña (11-5, eight finishes) had earned too much respect for such an approach. This wasn’t playing with her food, as she metaphorically has done in the past with overmatched challengers. The dual-champ faded, and one of her belts drifted away to the 32-year-old from Spokane, Wash. The wheels came off Nunes’ finely-tuned engine last time - following a strong opening frame - when she allowed herself to engage in a firefight with Peña, who has previously been known more for her dangerous grappling and submissions. Perhaps that growth, that evolution, was the genesis of a new approach. UFC 277: Amanda Nunes beats Julianna Pena to regain bantamweight title “The best thing that I did was make my gym happen,” Nunes declared.

To hear the 34-year-old Nunes (22-5, 17 finishes) tell it in the cage, changing up her training home paved the way for such brilliance on what she called “the best day ever in my life.” Amanda Nunes Getty Images Here’s a new question: After the way the Brazilian mauled Peña at American Airlines Center, how silly do those questions sound on Sunday? Was this the beginning of the end for MMA’s female GOAT? Was the move away from vaunted American Top Team an act of desperation? Were COVID-19 and a knee injury mere excuses from a facing legend? Double champ again, baby!”Įven as a considerable betting favorite over Peña, whose December victory via second-round submission ranks among the greatest upsets in UFC history, doubts sprang up. “When The Lioness don’t get the prey for the first time, I set the trap better, and I knew I’d get the prey this time,” a beaming Nunes replied in the octagon, moments after regaining the 135-pound crown in UFC 277 main event in Dallas. Nunes wanted that bantamweight crown back she needed it. The reigning featherweight champion wasn’t content to settle for just one belt. Seven months after falling prey to Julianna Peña, Amanda Nunes once again rules as the apex predator in both of the UFC’s heaviest women’s divisions. The Lioness still hungers for gold, and she feasted heartily on Saturday night. UFC machine is somehow unfazed by Dana White slap controversy, heavyweight mess UFC got its champion, but Jamahal Hill has work left to be true No. UFC 284 delivers on promise of epic champion vs. Leon Edwards erases doubts in masterful UFC 286 title defenseĪbout time! Jon Jones finally makes good on UFC heavyweight promise