Pena vs Nunes II

Who won Pena vs Nunes II?

Amanda Nunes beat Julianna Pena by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 277, on Saturday 30th July 2022 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced as 50-45, 50-44, 50-43 in favor of the winner Amanda Nunes.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Pena vs Nunes II stats

Julianna Pena stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Amanda Nunes made her way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Julianna Pena's 11th fight in the UFC, having made her debut for the promotion in 2013.

Julianna Pena's UFC record stood at 8-3-0, while Amanda Nunes' came in at 16-2-0.

The stats suggested Nunes had a massive power advantage over Pena, boasting a 62% knock out percentage over Pena's 27%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Pena had a large advantage over Nunes, boasting a 45% submission rate over Nunes' 19%.

Julianna Pena was the younger woman by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Nunes had a height advantage of 2 inches over Pena. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Pena was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made her debut in 2009, 1 year and 2 months later than Nunes, whose first professional fight was in 2008. She had fought 20 less professional rounds, 42 to Nunes' 62.

Pena vs Nunes II form

Nunes had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 3opponents and going the distance twice.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Holly Holm at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Cris Cyborg at UFC 232 on 29th December 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Women’s Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

Before that, she was victorious against Raquel Pennington at UFC 224 on 12th May 2018 by knockout in the 5th round in their championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

She had won against Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 215 on 9th September 2017 by split decision in their championship fight at Rogers Place, Edmonton, Canada.

Activity check

Pena's last 4 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 10 months and 7 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 2 years, 2 months and 18 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Nunes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 8 months and 7 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 15 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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