{"id":172276,"date":"2021-12-12T04:14:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T05:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=172276"},"modified":"2021-12-12T12:58:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T12:58:40","slug":"ufc-goat-dethroned-in-stunning-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=172276","title":{"rendered":"UFC 'GOAT' dethroned in stunning upset"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most dominant runs in the history of the UFC<\/a> is over.<\/p>\n

Amanda Nunes came into her bantamweight title fight against challenger Julianna Pena as an almost unbackable favourite, having not lost a fight at any weight class in nearly eight years.<\/p>\n

She had 12 consecutive wins, including dominant performances against Ronda Rousey and Cris Cyborg – but was submitted via a rear naked choke in the second round after sustaining repeated blows from her opponent throughout the fight.<\/p>\n

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"She's exhausted and she's hurt," commentator Joe Rogan said as both he and Daniel Cormier screamed in disbelief as Pena's win unfolded in front of them.<\/p>\n

The American secured the win via submission, exhausting Nunes, who many regard as the best female fighter ever, with a hyper-aggressive gameplan.<\/p>\n

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The UFC's own social media accounts labelled it the biggest upset in the company's history, and it's hard to disagree.<\/p>\n

"I still can't believe it happened," Rogan said afterwards.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter\/status\/1469897491579613187<\/a><\/p>\n

The other title fight was equally full of fireworks, Charles Oliveira defending his lightweight title with a third-round submission of Dustin Poirier.<\/p>\n

The fight was poised at one round apiece before Oliviera secured the win in his first title defence.<\/p>\n

"I'm a world champion, I'm the man. They talk, I do," he said through a translator after the fight.<\/p>\n

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\n"They can hit me a lot Joe, but I'm gonna walk forward."<\/p>\n

It's now a 10-win streak for the Brazilian, nine of which he kept out of the judges' hands.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Australia's Tai Tuivasa knocked out Brazilian heavyweight Augusto Sakai in the second round of their three-round fight<\/a>, while New Zealand's Kai Kara-France welcomed Cody Garbrandt to the flyweight divison by knocking him out in the first round.<\/p>\n

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