The more Nunes dominates at 145 and 135 pounds, the more people will look to Shevchenko as the only potential threat. The next best challenger for Nunesįowlkes: The only person to give Nunes real trouble during her time as champ is current 125-pound titleholder Valentina Shevchenko. But we also learned that Blachowicz is a legit champ and not the easy pickings some have made him out to be. Adesanya was also less effective on his feet than usual, and it's hard not to think that at least some of that was a result of him not enjoying the same height and reach advantage that he has over most middleweights. Blachowicz's size clearly made a difference, especially when he managed to get Adesanya down in the final two rounds. What did we learn from Blachowicz-Adesanya?īen Fowlkes, senior MMA writer: Turns out there's a reason why we separate fighters into weight classes. It was Yan’s first loss in eight UFC bouts. Sterling (20-3) has now won six in a row. "I just made a big mistake and paid for it." "I didn't mean to throw an illegal strike," Yan said on Twitter. Yan apologized to Sterling and wished him a speedy recovery. I felt the knee was intentional, especially after the ref announced I was a downed opponent, so I didn’t expect to be hit. "It was close, competitive and filled with action. "Not the way I ever want to win a fight," Sterling said on Twitter afterwards. The doctor on site would not allow the bout to continue and Yan was disqualified. Sterling, trailing on two of the three judges’ scorecards at that point, had one knee on the mat before Yan landed a knee to his grounded opponent. In the first title fight of the night, Sterling claimed the UFC's bantamweight belt after Yan landed an illegal knee midway through the fourth round. "I'm more dangerous now with my little girl, so nobody's going to stop me," Nunes said. It was the Brazilian's seventh UFC title defense, including her second defense of the featherweight belt, which she claimed in December 2018.Īfter the fight, Nunes said she was more dangerous now that she has a daughter, who was born in September, than before. The 32-year-old earned her fifth first-round finish in a UFC title fight, tying Ronda Rousey for the most of any fighter. Nunes won with a first-round submission of Megan Anderson, a win that took her just over two minutes.
Blachowicz said he wants to fight veteran light heavyweight contender Glover Teixeira next. The 31-year-old entered Saturday’s fight with hopes of becoming the fifth fighter ever to hold two UFC belts simultaneously. He claimed the belt last September with a TKO win against Dominick Reyes.Īdesanya said after the loss he will return to middleweight, where he remains the UFC’s champion.
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Jan Blachowicz (28-8) and Amanda Nunes (21-4) defended their light heavyweight and featherweight titles respectively, at UFC 259 in Las Vegas on Saturday while Aljamain Sterling won the bantamweight title after his opponent, Petr Yan, was disqualified.īlachowicz, on a five-fight win streak, handed Israel Adesanya his first career loss in 21 professional bouts, prevailing via unanimous decision.
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