Key takeaways
Amanda Nunes beat Julianna Pena by unanimous decision after five rounds in the main event of UFC 277 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Julianna Pena had come in as the division's No. 1. In the co-main event, Brandon Moreno beat Kai Kara-France by knockout at 4:34 of round three.
Across the twelve bouts that produced a result, six ended by knockout, one by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — seven stoppages in twelve fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.
The quickest finish belonged to Sergei Pavlovich, who stopped Derrick Lewis after 55 seconds, and two of the seven finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Brandon Moreno's knockout of Kai Kara-France, 14 minutes and 34 seconds in. End to end, the twelve fights filled two hours and 21 minutes of cage time.
The main card finished at the higher rate: four of five, against three of the seven below it. Drew Dober (knockout, round three), Michael Morales (knockout, round three) and Nicolae Negumereanu (knockout, round two) all closed before the judges were needed.
Nine ranked fighters appeared, and two of them were in the top two bouts.
