Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena suspended indefinitely after brutal UFC 277 fight

Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena have been suspended indefinitely after their brutal and bloody UFC 277 title fight.

Nunes dominated her rival over five one-sided rounds to win back her bantamweight title seven months after losing it to Pena in one of the sport's biggest upsets. Both women have now been sidelined by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation although the fighters can return early if cleared by a doctor.

In the co-main event, Brandon Moreno defeated Kai Kara-France to become interim flyweight champion with the challengers handed 45 and 60 day bans respectively. Moreno will now eye a fourth fight with long-time rival Deiveson Figueiredo having won one, drawn one and lost the other of there three meetings so far.

UFC president Dana White claimed after Pena's defeat that she had been taken to see a plastic surgeon after suffering a nasty cut on her forehead. But the dethroned champion later revealed she had been given the all-clear. "Tougher than a two dollar steak," she wrote on social media. "Thanks for the love everyone! Just a cat scratch that required a few stitches, no chunks missing, no surgery necessary. Love you all! We’re 1-1 now."

Nunes, meanwhile, has been criticised for claiming she deliberately punished Pena over five rounds rather than finishing the fight early. "I know Julianna’s tough," she said . "I was ready for that. I could’ve finished her, but I wanted to go five rounds with her tonight to prove I was better than her. Tonight proved that [the first fight] was a lucky day for her. If she needed to become a champion like that, she had her time, but now it’s over."

But welterweight contender Belal Muhammad took to social media to claim Nunes was being "cocky". " There’s moments in