By the end of the night, it almost looked like a real lion might have been involved.
Following the main event at Saturday’s UFC 277, the Octagon at American Airlines Center in Dallas Texas, it was evident from the canvas that someone had taken a serious cut. The unlucky soul was Julianna Pena, the bravest challenger yet to step into the Lioness’ den. But unlike their first encounter back in December, Pena wasn’t primed to pull the shocker this time.
That’s right. “The Lioness” Amanda Nunes is UFC women’s bantamweight champion once again. Over 25 grueling minutes, Nunes sought out, isolated and thoroughly destroyed every weak spot Pena exposed—or thought she exposed—the first time around.