Tag: Istela Nunes

Molly McCann’s Return Announced For UFC London On March 22

A series of official fight announcement’s for the UFC’s upcoming return to London, England have confirmed the Octagon return of Liverpool’s Molly McCann. “Meatball” is set to face Brazil’s Istela Nunes on March 22 at the O2 Arena in one of two strawweight bouts that are currently scheduled for the card. McCann fought twice in […]

A series of official fight announcement’s for the UFC’s upcoming return to London, England have confirmed the Octagon return of Liverpool’s Molly McCann. “Meatball” is set to face Brazil’s Istela Nunes on March 22 at the O2 Arena in one of two strawweight bouts that are currently scheduled for the card.

McCann fought twice in 2024 where she kicked off her year by recording the first submission win of her pro career against Diana Belbi?? in February. After breaking her two-fight skid, the 34-year old lost a unanimous decision to The Fighting Nerds’ Bruna Brasil at UFC 304 in July.

This took her overall UFC record to 7-6 after being beaten by the better woman on the night. Her next opponent, Nunes, is in desperate need of a win if she’s going to keep her place on the strawweight roster.

The former ONE Championship contender arrived in the UFC three years ago and in four outings, she is yet to get her hand raised inside the Octagon. Defeats to Ariane Carnelossi, Sam Hughes, Yazmin Jauregui and Victoria Dudakova have her coming into London with her back up against the wall.

Her loss to Dudakova in July of 2023 ended in just over 30 seconds due to a dislocated elbow and Nunes hasn’t fought since. Several other fights were also confirmed for the card in this latest spree of announcements.

Christian Leroy Duncan vs Andrey Pulyaev – middleweight

Oumar Sy vs Alonzo Menifield – light heavyweight

Shauna Bannon vs Puja Tomar – strawweight

Photo – Horrific x-Ray shows gruesome elbow injury suffered by Istela Nunes in UFC Vegas 77 fight

Istela Nunes gruesome elbow injury x-ray UFC Vegas 77 fightSuffering a ghastly injury during her return at UFC Vegas 77 last night, Brazilian strawweight, Istela Nunes looks set for a period on the sidelines, after dislocating her left elbow in a first round TKO injury loss to Viktoriya Dudakova. An alum of ONE Championship, Brazilian strawweight, Nunes suffered her stunning fourth consecutive Octagon loss […]

Istela Nunes gruesome elbow injury x-ray UFC Vegas 77 fight

Suffering a ghastly injury during her return at UFC Vegas 77 last night, Brazilian strawweight, Istela Nunes looks set for a period on the sidelines, after dislocating her left elbow in a first round TKO injury loss to Viktoriya Dudakova.

An alum of ONE Championship, Brazilian strawweight, Nunes suffered her stunning fourth consecutive Octagon loss in last night’s defeat to Dudakova, however, the former was forced to stop the contest after dislocating her left elbow inside just 34-seconds of the opening round.

Slumping to 6-5 as a professional throughout her 11 fight professional career, Istela Nunes rolled during a grappling scramble with Dudakova, landing on her elbow and back, hyperextending the limb and appearing to suffer a nasty dislocation of the appendage. 

In a picture posted by UFC president, Dana White, Nunes, who required transportation following the bout, a gruesome elbow dislocation can be spotted in an x-ray image. 

However, thankfully, the Brazilian managed to get her elbow relocation afterwards, commenting on the ghastly injury suffered on her official Instagram Stories.

“I have a lot of messages,” Istela Nunes wrote. “Thank you all so much for your support and love. I’ll respond to everyone when I get home. Thank you to all my fans. I felt very good and very strong. I prepared a lot for this fight. I knew today was my night, this was my fight. But I will come back stronger and show you all again. Thank you UFC. And thank you Dana White.” 

Prior to her loss to Dudakova last night, Nunes had dropped stoppage losses to both Ariane Carnelossi, as well as Yazmin Jauregui, in between a loss to Sam Hughes in a decision blemish. 

Istela Nunes is without a win since 2018

Nunes’ most recent win came under the banner of the Chatri Sityodtong-led ONE Championship banner, defeating Gina Inlong in a decision victory back in 2018.