UFC 289

UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana
UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana
	The poster for UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	June 10, 2023
Venue	Rogers Arena
City	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Attendance	17,628
Total gate	$3,834,893.25
Event chronology

UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 10, 2023, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.^[2]

Background

The event marked the promotion's 32nd overall visit to Canada and sixth to Vancouver, returning to the country for the first time since UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje in September 2019.^[2]

A UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship trilogy bout between current two-time champion (also current UFC Women's Featherweight Champion) Amanda Nunes and former champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate bantamweight winner) Julianna Peña was expected to headline the event.^[3] However on May 2, Peña pulled out due to broken ribs and was replaced by Irene Aldana, who was scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill in a rematch against former title challenger Raquel Pennington.^[4] The latter served as a backup for the title bout.^[5]

A lightweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira and Beneil Dariush took place as the co-main event.^[6] They were originally booked at UFC 288, but Oliveira withdrew due to injury.^[7]

A middleweight bout between Chris Curtis and Nassourdine Imavov took place at the event. The two fighters were scheduled to face each other pre-UFC at ARES FC 2 in October 2020, but the event was canceled due to COVID-19 complications.^[8]

A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Stephen Thompson and Michel Pereira was expected for this event.^[9] However, contracts were never signed and the bout is expected to take place at UFC 291 instead.^[10]^[11]

Matt Schnell and David Dvořák were scheduled to meet in a flyweight bout on the preliminary card.^[12] However, Schnell pulled out due to injury and was replaced by Stephen Erceg.^[13]

A featherweight bout between Hakeem Dawodu and Lucas Almeida was expected to take place at the event.^[14] However, the bout was scrapped for unknown reasons and Almeida was instead scheduled to face Pat Sabatini at UFC on ESPN: Vettori vs. Cannonier.^[15]

Chris Daukaus was expected to make his light heavyweight debut against Khalil Rountree Jr. at the event.^[16] However, Daukaus withdrew in early June due to injury.^[17] The bout was rescheduled for UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. dos Anjos.^[18]

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes (c)	def.	Irene Aldana	Decision (unanimous) (50–44, 50–44, 50–43)	5	5:00	^[a]
Lightweight	Charles Oliveira	def.	Beneil Dariush	TKO (punches)	1	4:10
Welterweight	Mike Malott	def.	Adam Fugitt	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	1:06
Featherweight	Dan Ige	def.	Nate Landwehr	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Marc-André Barriault	def.	Eryk Anders	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Middleweight	Nassourdine Imavov	vs.	Chris Curtis	No Contest (accidental clash of heads)	2	3:04	^[b]
Women's Flyweight	Jasmine Jasudavicius	def.	Miranda Maverick	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Aiemann Zahabi	def.	Aori Qileng	KO (punches)	1	1:04
Featherweight	Kyle Nelson	def.	Blake Bilder	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Early preliminary card (ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Flyweight	Steve Erceg	def.	David Dvořák	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27)	3	5:00
Women's Strawweight	Diana Belbiţă	def.	Maria Oliveira	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00