Amanda Nunes Mocks UFC Vegas 121 Bout

Amanda Nunes made her reaction to the UFC Vegas 121 co-main event clear after watching Norma Dumont face Ailin Perez. Nunes, described as a former dual-weight champion, was not impressed by the bantamweight contenders’ clash and responded beneath a UFC video posted to X. Her message was brief but pointed: “I really thought they were going to fight today 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣.” The post came after a contest that had arrived with considerable attention because of the animosity between Dumont and Perez.

The match was positioned as an eagerly anticipated grudge bout before the main event of UFC Vegas 121. Their feud had been a major talking point in the build-up, and the final face-off on Friday added another confirmed flashpoint when Dumont threw condoms and money at Perez. The tense face-off suggested an aggressive fight. What followed was more restrained than the build-up led Nunes to expect. The two appeared most hostile after the rounds ended, and Nunes used that gap between the promotional confrontation and the actual bout as the target of her post. Nunes’ post therefore addressed the gap between the public build-up and what she believed the bout delivered.

Nunes reacts after Perez decision

Perez ultimately left the bout with a unanimous decision over Dumont, with all three scorecards recorded as 29-28. Dumont was furious with the judges after the result. The decision supplies the clear competitive outcome of the co-main event, while Nunes’ comment addressed her view of the action that led to it rather than disputing the announced winner. Her use of the phrase “thought they were going to fight” directly mocked the contrast between the pre-fight hostility and the contest she watched from home. That distinction matters because the pre-fight feud had drawn so much attention, while the action inside the Octagon looked different from the confrontation that preceded it.

Nunes was following a card that later ended with Raoni Barcelos collapsing in the fifth round of his fight with Raul Rosas Jr. Her reaction to Dumont and Perez was specifically tied to the co-main event, before that main-event finish. The UFC Vegas 121 moment also arrives ahead of a confirmed next appearance for Nunes. She is set to return after more than three years of retirement on November 14, when she will co-headline UFC 334. Kayla Harrison is the current UFC bantamweight champion and is scheduled to face her former teammate at Madison Square Garden in New York. That upcoming bout gives Nunes a direct stake in a division where Perez is gaining momentum. That announced return gives extra context to Nunes commenting on a fight involving two top bantamweight contenders.

Nunes return provides division context

Nunes was giving her own reaction, not speaking on behalf of the UFC or disputing the official result. Perez still won the bout on the scorecards; Nunes was criticizing how it unfolded. Her comment targeted the action in the cage, not the legitimacy of the judges’ scorecards. Still, the confirmed November meeting with Harrison places Nunes back in the same divisional conversation as Dumont and Perez. Perez also carries a seven-bout UFC win streak, and that run could strengthen her case for a fight with the winner of Harrison versus Nunes. For now, the immediate news remains Nunes’ public mockery of the UFC Vegas 121 co-main event after Perez’s decision win.

• Amanda Nunes posted, “I really thought they were going to fight today 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣,” beneath a UFC video from the Dumont-Perez clash.
• Ailin Perez won a unanimous decision over Norma Dumont, with three 29-28 scorecards.

Amanda Nunes’ reaction centered on the mismatch between the heated build-up and the action she expected to see from Dumont and Perez. Perez secured the official decision, while Nunes used social media to voice her dissatisfaction with the bout. Her own return is set for November 14 at UFC 334, where Harrison will welcome her back to MMA.