{"id":31423,"date":"2022-07-31T18:38:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T18:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/amanda-nunes-dominates-julianna-pena-in-ufc-277\/"},"modified":"2022-07-31T18:38:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T18:38:50","slug":"amanda-nunes-dominates-julianna-pena-in-ufc-277","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/amanda-nunes-dominates-julianna-pena-in-ufc-277\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Nunes dominates Julianna Pena in UFC 277"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-grBDNq hide-for-print mb-sm undefined\">\n<div class=\"PJLV PJLV-iAjpuP-css flex items-center\" data-qa=\"article-actions\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-fLphcs\"><button class=\"wpds-c-gNHrZC wpds-c-gNHrZC-bywHgD-variant-primary wpds-c-gNHrZC-biynoz-density-compact wpds-c-gNHrZC-hZSyid-isOutline-true wpds-c-gNHrZC-ejCoEP-icon-left wpds-c-gNHrZC-futxca-cv wpds-c-gNHrZC-ihhnWqF-css\"><button class=\"PJLV PJLV-igcOMTV-css\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"img\" class=\"wpds-c-coakfw wpds-c-efqEZa focus-highlight flex items-center justify-center brad-lg pointer transition-400 ease-in-out transition-colors\" aria-label=\"Comment on this story\" iconstyle=\"[object Object]\"><title>Comment on this story<\/title><path d=\"M14 14V2H2v9.47h8.18L12.43 13ZM3 10.52V3h10v9.23l-2.5-1.66Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>Comment<\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"teaser-content grid-center\">\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Seven months ago, after losing her bantamweight belt in a stunning loss to Julianna Pe\u00f1a, Amanda Nunes made serious changes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">She left the American Top Team gym where she had long trained, moving to a private gym she calls \u201cLioness Studio\u201d and training under Roger Krahl.  He was in her corner for some of her biggest fights, including the one in which she knocked out Ronda Rousey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">On Saturday night in Dallas&#8217;s American Airlines Center, the moves paid off as Nunes reclaimed the UFC bantamweight title she lost to Pe\u00f1a in December, taking a unanimous decision (50-45, 50-44, 50-43) in the main event of UFC 277 and claiming a part of MMA history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">\u201cThe lioness, if they don&#8217;t get the prey the first time, I set the traps better and I know I&#8217;d get it the second time,\u201d Nunes said afterward as she held her young daughter in the ring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Nunes, whose 15 UFC wins are the most in promotion history, won her 10th title fight \u2014 the most among women in UFC history and fifth most overall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Nunes left Pe\u00f1a bloodied as she struggled to thwart Nunes&#8217;s change to a southpaw stance, with the right hand and foot forward, then leading with right jabs following with a left cross right hook.  That, along with her wrestling technique in later rounds, was the key, she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p><span class=\"font--article-body font-copy hide-for-print ma-0 pb-md db italic interstitial\">Gary Antuanne Russell triumphs in first bout since father&#8217;s death<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">\u201cThe main thing was my southpaw,\u201d Nunes said.  \u201cI know I was gonna catch her with that tonight.  I knew she was not gonna be able to adjust to that.  She she&#8217;s not a striker.  \u2026 She was so confused.  I&#8217;m not very good yet with my southpaw.  I told my coach, &#8216;I&#8217;m gonna see how I feel.&#8217;  I tried tonight, and I felt good.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Using the stance, Nunes (22-5 MMA, 15-2 UFC) dropped Pe\u00f1a (11-5, 7-3) several times in the early going and then took down Pe\u00f1a with her wrestling moves.  She knocked Pe\u00f1a down three times in the second round, a UFC women&#8217;s record for knockdowns in a round, according to ESPN Stats &#038; Information.  She led Pe\u00f1a 85-60 in significant strikes and took her down six times in eight attempts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">After the fight, Pe\u00f1a headed off to receive medical attention for facial cuts, according to UFC President Dana White.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">\u201cJulianna&#8217;s got a big chunk missing from her forehead,\u201d he said in the UFC 277 post-fight news conference.  \u201cShe She&#8217;s going to see a plastic surgeon right now, take some time to heal, and then I do n&#8217;t know.  She she got pretty banged up tonight.  It was like five or six knockdowns in the first two rounds.  It was hurt.  She needs to take some time off, relax, spend some time with her daughter and then we&#8217;ll go from there. \u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Nunes became the first to regain the UFC bantamweight title after losing it, but it came at a cost.  Her right eye was swollen nearly shut and she used crutches to get to the post-fight news conference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">\u201cI thought it was completely dominant,\u201d White said.  \u201cThere was five knockdowns in the first two rounds.  There&#8217;s a big difference between submission attempts and knockdowns.  They&#8217;re not even comparable.  Julianna&#8217;s tough as she nails and her will to win is second-to-none.  She wanted to win.  I think as dominant as Amanda was \u2014 and she was dominant tonight \u2014 I didn&#8217;t think it was close in any way, shape or form.  It was a complete shutout.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Nunes, who plans to get a little rest and visit Brazilian family she has not seen in years because of the coronavirus pandemic, called it \u201cthe best day ever\u201d and added that \u201cthe best thing I did was make my gym.  In my gym, I feel like I&#8217;m safe.  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