Main card
AN
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Amanda Nunes vs Irene Aldana7
Women's bantamweight
Unanimous decision R5 5:00
IA
Key takeaways
Amanda Nunes beat Irene Aldana by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 289 at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver. Irene Aldana had come in as the division's No. 7. In the co-main event, Charles Oliveira beat Beneil Dariush, the division's No. 14, by knockout at 4:10 of round one at lightweight.
Across the ten bouts that produced a result, two ended by knockout, one by submission and seven on the judges' scorecards — three stoppages in ten fights. Every decision was unanimous: not one result divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Aiemann Zahabi, who stopped Aoriqileng at 1:04 of round one, and two of the three finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Mike Malott's submission of Adam Fugitt, 6 minutes and 6 seconds in. End to end, the ten fights filled two hours and 6 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: two of five, against one of the five below it. Aiemann Zahabi (knockout, round one) all closed before the judges were needed.
Nine ranked fighters appeared, and three of them were in the top two bouts.
Nine weight classes were used, featherweight most often with two bouts.
