Hey, haven't we met?
That was certainly the vibe between the principals in the top two fights on Saturday's UFC card at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, where the mixed martial arts giant produced its second pay-per-view event of the month.
UFC 277 was headlined by a rematch in the main event, where Julianna Pena risked the bantamweight title she'd won from Amanda Nunes in one of the sport's greatest upsets last December. In the co-main fight, flyweights Brandon Moreno and Kai Kara-France ran back a 2019 bout that Moreno had won by close decision.
The flyweight bout was for the promotion's so-called interim title belt at 125 pounds, while the division's full-fledged champion, Deiveson Figueiredo, recovers from a myriad of injuries and decides whether to stay at the weight full time or move up to bantamweight.