Nunes vs Aldana

Who won Nunes vs Aldana?

Amanda Nunes beat Irene Aldana by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 289, on Saturday 10th June 2023 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Amanda Nunes.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Women’s Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Nunes vs Aldana stats

Amanda Nunes stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Irene Aldana made her way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Amanda Nunes' UFC record stood at 16-2-0, while Irene Aldana's came in at 8-5-0.

The stats suggested Nunes had a slight advantage in power over Aldana, with a 59% knock out percentage over Aldana's 57%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Aldana had a slight advantage over Nunes, with a 21% submission rate over Nunes' 18%.

Amanda Nunes was the younger woman by 1 year, at 35 years old.

Aldana had a height advantage of 1 inch over Nunes. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Nunes was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made her debut in 2008, 4 years and 7 months earlier than Aldana, whose first professional fight was in 2012. She had fought 9 more professional rounds, 62 to Aldana's 53.

Nunes vs Aldana form

Nunes had won all 5 of her most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Megan Anderson at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their UFC Women’s Featherweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had beaten Felicia Spencer at UFC 250 on 6th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Women’s Featherweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had defeated Germaine de Randamie at UFC 245 on 14th December 2019 by unanimous decision in their championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, she was victorious against Holly Holm at UFC 239 on 6th July 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

She had won against Cris Cyborg at UFC 232 on 29th December 2018 by knockout in the 1st round in their UFC Women’s Featherweight championship fight at The Forum, Inglewood.

Aldana had beaten 4 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In her last fight before this contest, she had beaten Macy Chiasson at UFC 279 on 10th September 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, she had defeated Yana Santos at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, she had lost to Holly Holm at UFC Fight Island 4 on 3rd October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, she was victorious against Vanessa Melo at UFC on ESPN+ 17 on 21st September 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.

She had won against Bethe Correia at UFC 237 on 11th May 2019 by submission in the 3rd round at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Irene Aldana had been fighting more than Amanda Nunes.

Going to this contest, Amanda Nunes had last fought 3 years, 1 month and 27 days ago, while Irene Aldana's last outing had been 1 year, 7 months and 23 days ago.

Nunes' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 4 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 1 year and 25 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Aldana's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 22 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 11 months and 29 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Nunes vs Aldana?

Amanda Nunes was a 31/100 (-320) favourite going into the contest, while Irene Aldana made her way into the ring at 13/5 (+260) with oddsmakers.