There was a time, not that long ago, when Amanda Nunes had lapped the field by such a margin that you almost felt sorry for her opponents when a fight was booked.
Those days are long gone, even though on Saturday in the main event of UFC 277 at the sold-out American Airlines Center in Dallas, Nunes righted the wrongs and regained her championship by defeating Julianna Peña in a bout that was much more competitive than it seemed on the surface.
Nunes won by scores of 50-45, 50-44 and 50-43 to regain the women’s bantamweight belt she’d lost when Peña submitted her at UFC 269 in December in Las Vegas.