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thank you all right lady’s been over the rules already protect yourself at all times obey my commands at all times just goes now if you want at the sound of the belt coming out handle your business let’s go we knew last December once Juliana Pena broke through that this rematch was an eventuality it is upon us here at American Airlines Center in Dallas Texas to headline UFC at 277. ladies [Applause] is in yellow Juliana Pena in the black and gold befitting a champion [Applause] Amanda starting off in the South boss dance and then switches it up [Applause] Juliana heavy on that front leg with a wide stance [Applause] Roger crawl now the chief voice in the corner of Amanda Nunes Amanda starting Southpaw much slower [Music] she needs to maintain distance this fight has to stay out in range I think Amanda’s here so she can try to blast high kicks because those can’t get countered they can be defended but you don’t count their high kicks and she has a very good high kick off the left side that’s when she knocked out Holly Holm with [Applause] the issue for me with turning south popular Amanda Nunes is it invites Juliana to shoot on that lead leg as Juliana leads with the right hand there [Applause] I think Nunez would be served well to thurles leg kicks she landed a lot of hard outside leg kicks in fight number one but you can see already he approaches much slower from Amanda Noonan there it is the hard ones at the cap right away and Juliana’s a little more patient in her approach she’s not Russian she’s not [Applause] nice uppercut for nudes who kept talking about Precision in terms of her strikes all week long and you knew she would be a little bit more deliberate at least early on and here’s the beauty in Juliana she just eats those we haven’t seen many people take those shots from Amanda Juliana just takes it [Applause] oh there you go Amanda said she did a lot of sparring for this camp and that’s something she didn’t get to do in the last fight she also said she didn’t get to do much running for the first fight what was the reason for that well she had kovid and then she got sick there were a lot of issues going into that first fight the injury as well [Music] but Juliana doesn’t buy into any of that sure these are just excuses right these are excuses that you’re making because you got beat and she thinks that she’s gonna show tonight that this is just a win at the interactions between these two goals but right now Amanda started well already some redness underneath that left eye of Pena oh she is clipping her with that little color right huh every time Juliana tries to to enter she hits him with that counter right hook right on the temple that’s twice she’s hitting her there yeah around that ear area too it is not overly fast she’s just placing it Roger crawl calling for newness to keep touching her puts your whole body out of whack when you get hit me on the ear like oh she heard yeah bro that choppy right hand is killing Juliana she just chopped up the inside low kick [Applause] wow Amanda looks really good looks very good measure not forcing anything some swelling on that lead leg of Pena as well in addition to the two knockdowns and now it’s got Juliana afraid to enter and that is where she found success she just went forward [Applause] [Music] under a minute here to go round one pretty good sequence there for Kenya that was a good one by Juliana took a chance and landed [Applause] but just a whole approach from Amanda she looks better for this quarter there yeah goodbye Juliana oh there it is jabbed by the champ yep [Applause] shot from Nunes I don’t believe that’s smart is better for Juliana Payton good right hand for Pena now good job there by the champion [Applause] United [Applause] start through five minutes [Applause] right here you see the right hand by Amanda climbs Juliana behind the head right around the ear again right hand lands right on the temple drops Juliana again Juliana lands a beautiful jab here [Applause] right hand by the champion all right ladies second round you ready to fight you’re gonna fight let’s go let’s go DC you really seem to like the messaging from Rick little there after that round I love that he said whenever she’s softball easy fix all we got to do is get to our clinch she can strike there watch the the lead hand but she cannot defend the takedown so look for Juliana to be a little more aggressive in the grappling in this round oh well Pena has some real power when she lands it takes offense oh that’s a neat hand that’s that lead hand oh she’s heard bad she’s heard badge but Nunes can’t rush She’s Gotta watch that right hook every time she tries to enter Amanda just sits on that thing [Applause] Pena seemingly has her wits about her [Applause] he’s rushing in that’s what she did last night though but this time she’s getting caught exact same Conor same stance and now she’s got to be careful of the high kicks because every time she rushes that is where she found success in fight one but now Amanda’s in a different stance so she is not picking up the right hand [Applause] that right eye of Nunez though is very smooth [Music] oh penny with a big land not a combination by the champion there she got her going backwards when she’s through that combination and Penny is tucking her chin well and raising up that left shoulder to try to partially block that she just got to be careful in these exchange yeah because then she sticks her chin up in the air when it gets too extended when she throws too many her hands come out of position and Amanda’s dropping that counter right hand on him right there was another one another one okay stay tuned for 2 30 2 30. while Penny of the type of fighter you’re gonna have to separate from Consciousness there’s no quit in this woman she will not quit she’s going to continue to press and continued on the path of trying to win and as long as there’s time on the clock she feels like she can draw out that quick and Amanda Nunes which I feel like is absurd to say but Pena believes that well she believes it because she did it I mean she pulled it out in that first fight and she thinks she can do it again Dean Thomas what do you have sir Pena has that thing started like Charles Oliveira she’s getting dropped but she can lay on her back and recover yeah and they know that they’re not going to go jump on top of her so she can just lay on her back and recover why is Amanda so afraid to Grapple with her Dean the man is the black belt herself I don’t know I don’t think she’s afraid to Grapple with her I think they’re just saying we have a better chance on our feet let’s not give her any chances on the ground under two minutes here to go in round two of a possible five oh and she’s Thunder again man it’s so interesting her hands look crispy tonight and that was a straight left oh my goodness Nunes welcomes Pena back to her feet [Applause] now the question is does it get discouraging if Nunes keeps hitting her like that but Pena keeps getting up well now now now now Pena’s Amanda’s fighting conventional okay she switches back again throws that same strike this this switching stances is proven very difficult for Juliana Pena a back fist if I can up elbow yeah Nunes starting to crack a right smile now but look how pain you know John C is not discouraged she’s still going forward Nunez pretty seamless switching off the football Stronger by switching every time she hits her it really is affecting Juliana [Applause] ‘s knee and this is where Juliana needs to be she needs to be in tight right when she finally finds a way to get into range she’s got to stay there she can’t go back the distance let’s take a look here boom there’s one that drops her and a hammer fish right afterwards and look how she’s running forward and Amanda just stops oh crap goodness that was a big shot I mean these are the shots that put out cyborg right well that one but eyes are all back in her head and hurt her all right Amanda noon as the first woman in UFC history to record three knockdowns in a single fight round three is upon us you know and that’s just another record that she didn’t have right we have seen her break record after record after record and you can add that one and that’s one that I probably would have thought that she would have had already but nobody’s able to get up after she drops him right Juliana’s just that tough [Applause] oh boy oh boy stepping spinning elbow that was nasty that was nasty and we’d have to look at that again to see where it landed but it looked like she got wobble Pena is tough man my goodness so tough because that one didn’t quite land it it landed to the body it landed under her arm Pena has yet to attempt to take down and paint his Corners telling her you should be able to get to the clinch Juliana you got to find your way in there there it is that’s what they wanted Juliana did a good job of of clinching Landing knees last time and really just taxing Amanda from in close man it got pretty easy that time front kick to the body Amanda is much more composed yeah here we’re in the third round she doesn’t look tired at all there were a lot of people that questioned the motivation of Amanda Nunes long-randing Champion like that gets beat is she motivated to climb the Mountaintop she looks as good as she’s ever looked she looks as good as she’s ever looked and physically she’s very well prepared so she’s recovering from all these exchanges she’s not slowing down at all nice shot there by the chance oh another one she got hurt oh nice counter right now from Nunes after Pena landed her most significant strike of the fight but she is going if Amanda Nunez is going to take this belt off Juliana Payton she’s not the fight for the next 13 minutes because Juliana is not going to stop pursuing her and chasing her down look at that good straight right good straight right by the champion oh look at this takes her down she’s kind of threw her down and look at her step in the middle of the knee there KC control [Applause] could elbow there by Amanda Nunes Payne is doing a good job of controlling her posture [Applause] Nunez Corner calling for square hips and they want her to push down on Pena’s face Giuliana trying to control posture here guard closed that was very interesting there Juliana had her legs open Amanda could have passed a half guard very easily there but she did Juliana’s trying to utilize a high guard but very difficult when they’re all his sweaty and slippery into the third round Juliana’s going on Mark or at least trying to Triangle attempts yep if Amanda lays in her guard like this and doesn’t mind a p’s and q’s she can get caught yep Juliana is very very tricky off of her back yeah Amanda can’t be using this to relax if she uses this to relax she’s gonna get caught it’s just these kind of techniques are so hard no ghee yeah when people are slippery but Amanda would she would excuse me Juliana’s trying to set up as a right arm bar oh nice elbow there [Applause] you could see it happen right on the hairline giuliana’s got a controller posture and not let her lift up where she can drop down and get power with that there’s another one nasty she cut her open with that one too she keeps going to this High guard but it’s impossible to control those shoulders all on the blocks are but too low on the arms too low in the arm she can use this to sweep though if she starts getting into her she’s it looks like she might have the globe no Nunez got out she can go leglock oh look at all the blood it’s all in the hairline though yeah it is it’s not a bad spot the cutman will really do a good job of working on that they they’ve dealt with much worse in regards to Cuts but every minute that she’s letting Amanda be on top of her like this she has the opportunity to land more of these elbows and cut her up waning seconds of round three big round for the former champion and Pena might need a finish over the final two rounds to retain her title oh there’s blood all in her hair and Juliana Pena remarkably barely breathing heavy after 15 grueling minutes Rick little urgent in that corner after round three you know we look at and we speak about Amanda Nunes looking so good Juliana Pena is showing very good herself the man that takes an ounce and big and saw the success she had in the last one on the ground so she goes back to it the last time we saw this was her against Jermaine to randomly because she didn’t want to strike with her she took her down over and over 25 minutes and this seems like what she’s gonna try to do to Juliana 10 minutes well it’s just she had such a clear advantage in that last round in maintaining that position and Landing those brutal elbows and I think it’s when Juliana goes High guard like you said Joe she goes High guard that’s a little better that’s much better big shot from Amanda when she goes High Amanda turns That Elbow over because she’s bringing her legs up and controlling the posture but Amanda’s hand is framing off of her face so whenever she does throw she just rotates it over the top yeah she’s trying to secure a triangle oh yeah she doesn’t stop and now on the pocket same thing though too low Amanda’s out and she’s on top but this is grueling now yeah yeah now we’re making Amanda work Juliana is making Amanda keep up with these defenses can’t just stay on top and pick her pace for striking honestly when Juliana’s throwing up the submission too she’s grabbing the glove you heard the official say Yeah in between watch the gloves yep Juliana’s keeping her in place when she’s on that omopata by grabbing grabbing the globe [Applause] Joe she might have it she might have it but the legs are in the way her elbows over the hips oh she lost it wow that was so close it was so close incredible resolve by Nunes to escape wow but now let’s see if Juliana can scramble back to her feet but this is much safer for Amanda Nunes here yeah side control not in the full guard much better yeah look Juliana’s guard is so dangerous man she almost had it she had it Roger crawl losing his mind to our immediate right not sure if he wants her upright or what great defense by Amanda Nunes Juliana back into full guard again but now she’s got her head awkward really pressed up against the cage which is going to limit her ability to go side to side Joe this is nunez’s problem though Nunez is not squared up on the hips from the guard right look at Giuliana she’s already sliding her hips off to the side I’m gonna stay Square when you’re in somebody’s full guard [Applause] there you go [Applause] she’s gonna try to do the same thing [Applause] and Pena split wide open now she’s back up to her feet oh pain is bloody or bad and battered under two minutes in round four 19 000 plus being heard from here in Dallas oh my goodness [Applause] another takedown for Amanda without much resistance well it is a lot of blood in her face but I mean Juliana is so dangerous on her back so damn twice she’s had arm bars locked in pretty tight and never stops going for it and if she wasn’t so slippery she might be done she’s going for it again born again she doesn’t have it it’s for the elbows out now she’s gonna switch the triangle right switch the triangle but the left arm’s not in this round feels like an eternity in the best of ways under a minute to go this has been a very long round [Applause] seems to be really enjoying herself at this stage of the fight lands a left hand now this is where Juliana really wants to pile it on oh she clipped her she did it looked like she staggered Nunez there Nunez took her down yeah seemed like maybe Nunes was working into a takedown [Music] she likes to attack the right arm you hear nunez’s coach telling her keep her hands aside yeah okay but this round was drooling for Amanda if she wasn’t tired before she’s going to be tired now going into round number five [Applause] this was a grueling round [Applause] four complete north of seven minutes of Ground Control time to this point in the fight for Nunez here’s a clash of heads that opened up one of the cuts Pena is in shape man look at her she’s not even tired she’s bouncing to start round five minutes and Final Round Nunez has fought exceedingly well especially given all the pressure on her coming in tonight five minutes to decide the UFC women’s bantamweight championship what a fight this has been so fun if you’re new as guys you gotta manage risk a little bit here later well she’s got to be ahead right oh she got but I mean look at the swelling on her face Juliana Payne has landed some really big shots well I mean he thinks she’s ahead yeah we’ve looked at some of the scorecards today you never know but this is smart by Nunez but Nunez has to be very careful because Juliana Pena is not okay just laying on her back she’s going to throw up 10 submissions this round trying to defend this time she’s isolating the right arm with an overhook it’s because nunez’s hand is on the ground remember what I just said earlier about wrestles yup you cannot leave an arm on the ground it feels safe she switched into a triangle she might have it and she’ll switch to normal Plata no good the defense is blocking her ability to transition but she’s gonna go back okay almost had it but she’s making this a dog fight oh oh look she’s got a dog Amanda’s yeah but is she gonna look at the blood pouring out of Juliana’s head is Amanda willing to roll to finish nope nope what an absolute war three and a half to go Nunes seems content to play with fire she can’t help but smile oh she got another take down oh my goodness and that was kind of sloppy yeah but Pena’s tired too they’re both exhausted but if you’re Nunez you stay in side control stay here coach one stay here and beat her up with elbows and for Giuliana she’s got a hip Escape Amanda’s keeping her in place with that half Nelson look at the half Nelson right there with the left arm Juliana can’t turn to her knees because of the half Nelson Nunez six for eight on her takedowns thus far under three minutes now to go Next Step goes back in the half guard Pena’s gonna start playing her game now pin you back in a full guard down and Pena rolling to a Kimura he’s rolling to a Kimura on that left arm I can’t see how our hands are connected but the urgency on Amanda’s face he wants me to believe that this might be locked in well she’s got to be very careful now Juliana Payne is a Champions Champion man she is fighting her butt off even though she’s behind she’s fighting her butt off her hands a lot her hands are locked but look she gave him her back [Applause] great defense by Amanda giving her the submission threat to make her a defend in order to let go of that camura because it was getting started in less than two minutes to go and what has been a fantastic fight an amazing amazing fight as memorable as any UFC bantamweight championship fight in the division’s history regardless of what happens here Amanda Nunes wins this fight as it feels like she is you know that there’s an equal in this weight class her name is Juliana Payton yeah and when Juliana Pena is doing gives hope to everybody that she will face going forward that there is a way to go and fight Amanda Nunez if you are willing to take the chances like Juliana Payne you can’t count Juliana’s Garden I mean so here she is a minute 15 to go and she’s still throwing up Barn bars and had the werewolf all to land the up kick immediately after Nunez became an ungrounded opponent [Applause] without her Nunez trying to go crucifix here Joe is fighting very hard yeah dog man she really is she is a dog bro oh she got her back oh oh she’s got it oh she’s got it that is tough oh that is locked in she’s got it um my goodness Giuliana is an animal she’s an animal final 30 seconds a man is going for an arm triangle now she’s going to press that arm try to get into the side of her neck Juliana knows it she hip escapes but Amanda is forcing her to defend so she can’t attack Amanda’s working working in an incredible shape her conditioning for this fight cannot be denied look at she’s dancing now she’s like I got my title back girl Amanda Nuna said that she was not right before the first fight and she proved it tonight and that will do it the greatest of all time came to fight tonight and in our likelihood will regain double Champion status wow that’s crazy that’s something we kind of skimmed over she’s trying to become double champ for the second time yeah like she’s just won the championship she’s gonna be the double Champion again again which is crazy but in all fairness who’s in the featherweight division but but Joe she’s defended about three times that’s true it’s true but the reality is it’s you should have double chest twice when she went well and in any division one of the harder things to do I don’t have to tell Daniel this is to relinquish a belt and get it back right to become a two-time divisional champion at an all likelihood that is the new reality for Amanda Nunes this what a performance by Amanda I mean she had a great game plan an unexpected game plan with that Southpaw stance utilizing that beautiful check left hook positioning was on point and we said that coming into this fight look at her physically she looked much better she looked leaner yeah more muscular amazing as she got tired she still was in the fight she still did the things that started she landed this I mean this right hand was her money shot all day just the adjustment to go Southpaw really caused the champion problems because her best punch has always been her right hand but it’s coming from a different stance now so it was really giving Juliana problems early Juliana got better late so then Amanda goes to the wrestling and here you just see her physically dominating her to take her down and in the grounding Palm elbows you can even see this cut open up there right here another level change Amanda just drives over her head but gets her feet running until she gets takedown then here she gets her hands locked picks her up sets her down but let’s not forget Juliana Payne threw up 25 submissions while on her back and came very close to multiples but Amanda just fought so well tonight as you see her in the octagon with her daughter Reagan and her wife Nina here’s Bruce Buffer ladies and gentlemen after five rounds we go to the judges score cars for a decision the judges scored the contest 50-45 50 44 and 50 43 for the winner buy you never decision [Applause] [Music] [Applause] champion of the world of um [Applause] [Applause]