The bout between Tate and Nunes was elevated after a positive doping test saw light heavyweight Jon Jones withdraw from his title fight against champion Daniel Cormier.
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And then, to top it all of in the main event, local women’s bantamweight champion Miesha Tate attempts to defend her belt for the first time against Amanda Nunes.
Brazilian Amanda Nunes (13-4) defeated Miesha Tate (18-6) in the main event to become the new women’s bantamweight champion at UFC’s historic event, UFC 200, which occurred Saturday, July 9 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Before that she will need to concentrate on UFC 200 in what will be her first title defence since her unexpected win on 5 March earlier this year. I had the most significant strikes and never really got hit by him.
Nunes too comes into this clash after winning her last three fights. Then, Nunes locked in both of her feet against Tate’s hips, gained back control and secured the submission before rolling over to her back and further cinching in the hold. She dropped Cupcake with another knee to the dome, where she quickly pounced and forced the tap with a rear-naked choke, the same submission Tate used to dethrone Holly Holm at UFC 196.
Kelvin Gastelum, of Mexican heritage, faces former welterweight champion Johny Hendricks; Brazilian Raphael Assunçao meets former bantamweight champion T.J Dillashaw; Spaniard Enrique Marín meets Sage Northcutt; Diego “The Nightmare” Sanchez will duke it out with Joe Lauzon; and Brazil’s Thiago Santos meets Gegard Mousasi.
Tate is the champion and she has earned that honor, but she lives dangerously close to the edge. “I got careless and she made me pay for it”.
Brock Lesnar vs. Mark Hunt – While Lesnar hasn’t fought in the Octagon since 2011, it doesn’t mean he has lost the touch.
After a tumultuous week, Daniel Cormier (18-1) employed a tried and true game plan to grind out a unanimous decision victory over last minute opponent Anderson Silva (33-7-1 NC). Although Silva is 45 months removed from his last victory – and seven weeks removed from gallbladder surgery – his status as perhaps the greatest fighter in MMA history got him a shot at Cormier, who was denied a lucrative, career-defining rematch with the troubled Jones. All three judges scored it 30-26 for Cormier. “I don’t try to go back and look at it or anything”.
Travis Browne by TKO at 4:57 of the first round.
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From top to bottom UFC 200 is stacked with the best collection of talent ever assembled for one UFC card.
