Amanda Nunes added to her legacy as the greatest Female fighter of all time as she beat up, bloodied and battered Felicia Spencer and won a unanimous decision to retain her featherweight title at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
Nunes showed incredible versatility as she landed at will, weather it was right hands, left hands, leg kicks, body kick, front kicks, take downs and even a choke attempt.
Spencer was cut on her forehead as early as round one, and she showed incredible heart, but Nunes continued to wail away on her. In round four, Spencer suffered a big Hematoma on her forehead, and the fight very well could have been stopped anytime in the last seen minutes. With the fight no longer in doubt, Nunes kept Spencer down for most of round five.
Nunes outanded Spencer 127-37 and 6-0 in takedowns.
Nunes, 145 lbs of Bahia, BRA won by scores of 50-44 twice and 50-45, and the current two-division champion is 20-4. Spencer, 144.5 lbs of Orlando, Fla via Montreal is 8-2.
Cody Grabrandt scored an emphatic knockout of Raphael Assuncao just as the 2nd round bell sounded in their bantamweight fight.
It was an even fight before Garbrandt landed a crushing right that sent Assuncao down face-first just as the horn sounded to end the 2nd frame.
Garbrandt, 136 lbs of Sacramento, CA is now 12-3. Assuncao, 136 lbs of Brazil is 27-8.
In a battle of top-4 Bantamweights, Aljamain Sterling made his case for a world title shot by tapping out Cory Sandhagen in the 1st round.
Sterling got Sandhagen down and immediately got his back for a choke. After Sandhagen momentarily got out, Sterling got Sandhagen in another choke that made Sandhagen tap at 1:@4.
Sterling, 136 lbs of Uniondale, NY is 19-3. Sandhagen, 135.5 lbs of Aurora, CO is 12-2.
Neil Magny won a unanimous decision over Anthony Rocco Martin in a welterweight bout.
Magny, 171 lbs of Denver won by scores of 30-27 twice and 28-28 and is now 23-7. Martin, 170.5 lbs of St. Cloud, MN is 17-6.
Sean O’Malley scored a devastating 1st round stoppage over Eddie Wineland in bantamweight out.
O’Malleyt landed a booming right to the jaw that sent Wineland down and out at 1:54.
O’Malley is 12-0. Wineland is 24-14-1.
Alex Caceras won a unanimous decision over previously undefeated Chase Hooper in a featherweight bout.
Caceras, 146 lbs of Miami won by scores of 30-27 on all cards, and is now 16-12-1. Hooper, 145.5 lbs of Washington is 9-1-1.
Ian Heinisch stopped Gerald Meerschaert in the 1st round of their middleweight bout.
Heinisch landed a hard right that dropped Meerschaert. Heinisch jumped on Meerschaert and the fight was stopped at 1:14.
Heinisch, 185.5 lbs of Denver, CO is now 14-3. Meerschaert, 185.5 lbs of Milwaukee, WI is 30-13.
Cody Stamann won a unanimous decision over Brian Kelleher in a featherweight bout.
Stamann, 145.5 lbs of Sparta, MI won by scores of 30-27 on all cards and is now 19-2-1. Kelleher, 146 lbs of Selden, NY is now 21-11.
Maki Pitolo stopped Charles Byrd in the 2nd round of their middleweight bout.
In round two, Pitolo landed a left that hurt Byrd. Pitolo followed up with body shots that led to a takedown. Pitolo landed several hammer shots and the fight was stopped at 1:10.
Pitolo, 185.5 lbs of Mahaka, HI is 14-5. Byrd, 184.5 lbs of Dallas, TX is 10-7.
Alex Perez stopped Jussier Formiga in the 1st round in a battle of top-10 flyweights.
In round one, Formiga started to swell on his left leg sue to some leg kicks from Perez. Also in the round, Formiga was swelling on the right side of his face. Perez continued to hurt Formiga with leg kicks until he landed one more big one that sent Formiga down in pain, and the fight was stopped at 4:06.
Perez, 126 lbs of Lemore, CA is 24-5. Formiga, 126 lbs of Perez is 23-8.
Devin Clark won a unanimous decision over previously undefeated Alonzo Menifield in a light heavyweight bout.
Clark, 205.5 lbs of Sioux Falls, SD won by scores of 30-27 and 29-28 twice and is now 12-4. Menifield, 205 lbs of Dallas, TX is 9-1.
Herbert Burns choked out Evan Dunham in the opening round of their catchweight bout.
Burns took Dunham down and got a body triangle which led to a rear naked choke that Dunham tapped at 1:20.
Burns, 149.5 lbs of Brazil is 11-2. Dinham, 149.5 lbs of Las Vegas is 18-9-1.
