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After what has been a year filled with exceptional UFC events, you could be forgiven for thinking things might wind down towards the end of the year.\u00a0 But they haven\u2019t! Another selection of quality match ups and exciting fights, showed why this is the fastest growing spectator sport.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The most recent event, held in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas was headlined by the much-anticipated lightweight title fight between Charles Oliviera and Dustin Poirier and was ably supported by the battle between womens bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes and the challenger Juliana Pena.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n In the main event it was Oliviera who came out victorious, with an impressive title defence against Poirier. The fight was scheduled for 5 rounds, but Oliviera managed to pull off an impressive rear naked choke to win by submission in round 3.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Nunes meanwhile, seemed a little off her game and was rightfully defeated by the much improved Pena, again by a rear naked choke in Round 2<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n These results will give the UFC matchmakers something to think about as they look towards fights for the early part of 2022 \u2013 but we can absolutely expect to see a re-run of Nunes and Pena<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Other results from the remainder of the card<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Geoff Neal\u00a0vs.\u00a0Santiago Ponzinibbio \u2014 Neal def. Ponzinibbio by split decision <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Cody Garbrandt\u00a0vs. Kai Kara-France \u2014 Kara-France def. Garbrandt by TKO in Round 1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Sean O\u2019Malley\u00a0vs.\u00a0Raulian Paiva \u2014 O\u2019Malley def. Paiva by TKO in Round 1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Josh Emmett\u00a0vs.\u00a0Dan Ige \u2014 Emmett def. Ige by unanimous decision <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Dominick Cruz\u00a0vs.\u00a0Pedro Munhoz \u2014 Cruz def. Munhoz by unanimous decision<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Augusto Sakai vs. Tai Tuivasa \u2014 Tuivasa def. Sakai by KO in Round 2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Bruno Silva\u00a0vs.\u00a0Jordan Wright \u2014 Silva def. Wright by TKO in Round 1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Eryk Anders\u00a0vs.\u00a0Andre Muniz \u2014 Muniz def. Anders by submission in Round 1 \u2014\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Erin Blanchfield\u00a0vs.\u00a0Miranda Maverick \u2014 Blanchfield def. Maverick by unanimous decision <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Ryan Hall\u00a0vs.\u00a0Darrick Minner \u2014 Hall def. Minner by unanimous decision <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Randy Costa\u00a0vs.\u00a0Tony Kelley \u2014 Kelley def. Costa by TKO in \u00a0at 4:15 of Round 2 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Priscila Cachoeira\u00a0vs.\u00a0Gillian Robertson \u2014 Robertson def. Cachoeira by submission in Round 1 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After what has been a year filled with exceptional UFC events, you could be forgiven for thinking things might wind down towards the end of the year.\u00a0 But they haven\u2019t! 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