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Amanda Nunes beats Irene Aldana to retain bantamweight title at UFC 289, announces retirement

Amanda Nunes beat Irene Aldana by unanimous decision at UFC 289 on Saturday night to hold on to her bantamweight title before announcing her retirement.

VANCOUVER, BC — VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) —Amanda Nunes beat Irene Aldana by unanimous decision at UFC 289 on Saturday night to hold on to her bantamweight title before announcing her retirement.

Nunes dominated the fight, landing far more hits than her opponent, while Aldana's corner repeatedly encouraged their fighter to go on the offensive.

Nunes was originally suppose to face Spokane native Juliana Pena.  But an injury forced Pena to pull out of UFC 289.   It would have been the third fight between them.  Pena won the first fight to take the title, then Nunes reclaimed her belt in the second fight.

Charles (Do Bronxs) Oliveira won by TKO in the co-main event against Beneil Dariush in a lightweight bout.

Also, Aiemann Zahabi won by knockout against Aoriqileng, and Mike Malott beat Adam Fugitt by submission. Diana Belbita won in the preliminary fight stage while Nelson and Zahabi won in the preliminaries. Marc-Andre Barriault won his middleweight bout on the main card before Malott's win in the welterweight class.

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