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UFC 289 took down Vancouver’s Rogers Arena on Saturday night, marking the promotion’s return to Canada for the first time since 2019. Amanda Nunes put her bantamweight title on the line against Irene Aldana.

“The Lioness” absolutely nailed Aldana over the course of 25 minutes, earning a dominant unanimous decision. Nunes then hung up her gloves for good, bidding farewell to the sport with a 22-5 record.

Pick up the highlights below:

Amanda Nunes vs. Irene Aldana Nunes has dominated Aldana for 5 straight rounds with a great performance from Nunes. She also announced her retirement from MMA, an amazing career she has had, I am so grateful for all the fights she gave us all Watch her forever grateful 🙏

The co-main event of the night pitted former champion Charles Oliveira against perennial challenger Benil Dariush in a title eliminator. Oliveira made a more than strong case for another title with his superstar shot “Penny” in the first round.

Charles Oliveira ends the champion as Benil Darius

Canadian kid Mike Malott faced Adam Fugit in a welterweight bout at UFC 289. “Right” hurt Fugit with the first kick he delivered and eventually smoothed his way to a second round win.

Mike Malott 🇨🇦 Dave. Adam Fugit in the second round via submission after securing a knockdown leading to a submission victory. The Canadian Fighters went 5-0

Featherweight Dan Egg delivered another power-packed performance to pick up a decision win over fellow favorite Nate Landwer.

Dan Egg vs. Nate Landwehr, Eggy landed some power punches, which resulted in his victory by decision

Another Canadian, Marc-Andre Barriault, got an emphatic win in his Fight of the Night match against Eryk Anders to kick off the UFC 289 main card action.

Strong Canadian Marc-André Barriot took a dominant victory over Eric Anders. This fight was fun. Both fighters were dropping bombs


UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana full card results

key card

Amanda Nunes defeated. Erin Aldana via unanimous decision (50-44, 50-44, 50-43)

Charles Oliveira defeated. Benel Dariush via TKO (4:10 of Round 1)

Mike Malott def. Adam Fugit via submission (guillotine choke) (1:06 of Round 2)

Dan Egg Dave. Nate Landauer via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Marc-Andre Barriot defeated. Eric Anders via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

The initial card

The match between Nusauruddin Imamov and Chris Curtis ends in a no-contest due to an accidental clash of heads (3:04 of the second round).

Jasmine Jasudavicius def. Miranda Maverick via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

deyman gold def. Round 1 – O’Reiling (1:04 of Round 1)

Kyle Nelson def. Blake Builder via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Early preliminary card

Stephen Ersg Dave. David Dvorak via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Diana Belpita def. María Oliveira by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

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