Amanda Nunes is considered by many as the greatest female fighter in mixed martial arts history. Irene Aldana is riding the wave of a dominant year for Mexican fighters. Nunes and Aldana collide in Vancouver on Saturday to close out UFC 289 with the UFC women’s bantamweight championship at stake.
UFC returns to Vancouver and the entire nation of Canada for the first time since September 2019. Nunes makes the first defense of her second reign as women’s bantamweight champion after retrieving the title from Julianna Pena. Aldana looks to replicate the success her teammate Alexa Grasso had against Valentina Shevchenko as she looks to dethrone another champion on the Mount Rushmore of women’s MMA.
UFC 289 is generally light on star power as it leans on a tremendous co-main event. Former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira meets streaking contender Beneil Dariush in a fight expected to determine the next challenger for reigning lightweight champ Islam Makhachev….
