The Ultimate Fighting Championship is at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, for UFC 224. The main event has Raquel “Rocky” Pennington challenging Amanda “Lioness” Nunes for the UFC women’s Bantamweight Title.
Amanda Nunes the defending champion comes in on a 6 fight win streak. The champ comes in already having defended the title twice defeating Ronda Rousey (TKO) & Valentina Schevchenko (SD). Raquel Pennington earned this title shot with a 4 fight win streak. We last saw “Rocky” taking a unanimous decision from Meisha Tate, but that was at UFC 205.
PPV Main Card
WBW Title: (c) Amanda Nunes def. Raquel Pennington by TKO (punches) 2:36 R5
MW: Kelvin Gastelum def. Ronaldo Souza by (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) split decision
WSW: Mackenzie Dern def. Amanda Cooper by submission (rear naked choke) 2:27 R1
BW: John Lineker def. Brian Kelleher by KO (left hook) 3:43 R3
MW: Lyoto Machida def. Vitor Belfort by KO (back leg push kick to face) 1:00 R2
FX Prelims
MW: Cezar Ferreira def. Karl Roberson by technical submission (arm-triangle choke) 4:45 R1
HW: Aleksei Oleinik def. Junior Albini by submission (Eliezkel choke) 1:45 R1
LW: Davi Ramos def. Nick Hein by submission (rear naked choke) 4:15 R1
WW: Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos def. Sean Strickland by TKO (capoeira spinning back head kick & hammer-fists) 3:12 R1
Fight Pass Prelims
WW: Warlley Alves def. Sultan Aliev by TKO (ref stoppage/ right eye closed) 0:00 R2
MW: Jack Hermansson def. Thales Leites by TKO (ground & pound) 2:10 R3
WW: Ramazan Emeev def. Alberto Mina by (30-27 x3) unanimous decision
MW: Markus Perez def. James Bochnovic by submission (rear naked choke) 4:28 R1
