This past weekend, the UFC finally made their long awaited return to Canada for UFC 289: Nunes vs Aldana. The co-main event saw one of the promotions biggest stars, Charles Oliveira, looking to return to the win column against Dariush, who himself was looking to secure a title shot. In the main event, Amanda Nunes defended her bantamweight title for what turned out to be the final time.
Let’s take a look at what could be next for the winners of the main card.
Amanda Nunes
The greatest ever female mixed martial artist, Amanda Nunes, called it a day on her career after securing a win against Irene Aldana.
“The Lioness” was originally set to put an end to her rivalry with Julianna Pena, but the former champion pulled out weeks prior due to an injury. Despite having pulled out of the bout, Pena was present for fight week and throughout the days, continued to make it known what she thought of the current champ. None of that mattered though, as it was Irene Aldana who was looking to dethrone the Queen.
Although the fight went to the judges’ scorecards, Amanda Nunes didn’t even have to get out of first gear as the Mexican challenger…
