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UFC 232: Amanda Nunes upsets Cris Cyborg to win the UFc women’s featherweight title!

About This Video: The Sports Courier’s Fred Richani recaps the epic UFC 232: Cris Cyborg vs. Amanda Nunes result. UFC bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes shocks Cris Cyborg via knockout in just 51 seconds of Round 1 to become the new UFC featherweight champion. Nunes joins Conor McGregor and Daniel Cormier as the only double champion in UFC history.

UFC 232 results and event facts
  • Date: December 29, 2018
  • Venue: The Forum
  • City: Inglewood, California
  • Attendance: 15,862
  • Total gate: $2,066,604

Main Card

  1. Jon Jones def. Alexander Gustafsson via KO (punches) (Round 3, 2:02; Light Heavyweight; for the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship)
  2. Amanda Nunes def. Cris Cyborg (c) via KO (punch) (Round 1, 0:51; Women’s Featherweight; for the UFC Women’s Featherweight Championship)
  3. Michael Chiesa def. Carlos Condit via Submission (kimura) (Round 2, 0:56; Welterweight)
  4. Corey Anderson def. Ilir Latifi via Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) (Round 3, 5:00; Light Heavyweight)
  5. Alexander Volkanovski def. Chad Mendes via TKO (punches) (Round 2, 4:14; Featherweight)

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

  1. Walt Harris vs. Andrei Arlovski: No Contest (overturned) (Round 3, 5:00; Heavyweight; Originally a split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28) win for Harris; overturned after he tested positive for LGD-4033)
  2. Megan Anderson def. Cat Zingano via TKO (eye injury) (Round 1, 1:01; Women’s Featherweight)
  3. Petr Yan def. Douglas Silva de Andrade via TKO (corner stoppage) (Round 2, 5:00; Bantamweight)
  4. Ryan Hall def. B.J. Penn via Submission (heel hook) (Round 1, 2:46; Lightweight)

Early Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)

  1. Nathaniel Wood def. Andre Ewell via Submission (rear-naked choke) (Round 3, 4:12; Bantamweight)
  2. Uriah Hall def. Bevon Lewis via KO (punch) (Round 3, 1:32; Middleweight)
  3. Curtis Millender def. Siyar Bahadurzada via Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) (Round 3, 5:00; Welterweight)
  4. Montel Jackson def. Brian Kelleher via Submission (D’Arce choke) (Round 1, 1:40; Catchweight (137 lb))

Title changes: Jon Jones won the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship (title history); Amanda Nunes won the UFC Women’s Featherweight Championship (title history).

(c) = champion going into the match.

Source: Wikipedia.org (adapted, CC BY-SA 4.0)


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