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The stars did what they were supposed to do Saturday night at UFC 200. Well, at least those that truly earned that billing.

Daniel Cormier shook off the disappointment of a late main event cancellation due to a failed drug test by Jon Jones and routed the replacement, the man billed as the greatest fighter ever in Anderson Silva, while former UFC heavyweight champion-slash-professional wrestler Brock Lesnar ended a multi-year Octagon hiatus with a clear-cut decision over a top-10 heavyweight in Mark Hunt.

It all went down before a sold-out house at the T-Mobile Center in Las Vegas just a day shy of seven years after the organization's top-selling pay-per-view of all time, UFC 100, which Lesnar had headlined during his two-year run as the heavyweight champion.

"It took me a little while to get acclimated. Words can't even describe it," the 38-year-old Lesnar said after winning a unanimous three-round verdict. "I'm so happy being here."

Lesnar was initially scheduled as a co-main event in the five-bout pay-per-view but was temporarily lifted to main event status following Jones' failed drug test. UFC president Dana White instead decided to push the women's bantamweight title fight between champion Miesha Tate and challenger Amanda Nunes into the No. 1 spot, sending Lesnar-Hunt back down to second-last on the card.

Tate, incidentally, lost her belt by first-round tap-out when Nunes secured a rear-naked choke after first knocking her off balance with a variety of pin-point punches.

The finish ended UFC 200 with a thud. With her quick victory, Nunes became the third women's champion in the last 238 days following a dominant reign by Ronda Rousey, who held the belt for 1,074 days with six successful title defenses.

As for Cormier, his three-rounder with Silva was signed just two days in advance, and it turned out to be a competitive snoozer. The bulkier, stronger champion took the fight to the mat whenever possible and was never threatened by his 41-year-old foe, who's not actually won a fight since 2012.

"I did what I had to do," Cormier said. "It's very difficult to switch off an opponent two days before a fight. I was sad. I've worked hard to fight Jon Jones. Most guys wouldn't have taken this fight. I thought I needed to."

Jones faces a two-year suspension after his mid-June urine sample was flagged by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.

Silva, who was unbeaten in 16 straight UFC fights from 2006-12, had been idle since losing a decision to Michael Bisping at middleweight in February. He was supposed to fight a couple months ago but had to pull out due to injury. Saturday's loss was his first at light heavyweight in four bouts.

"This fight was a big personal challenge to me," he said. "This is proof that you can do anything that you want to."

Winners in the initial two bouts of the pay-per-view show were Cain Velasquez by first-round TKO over Travis Browne at heavyweight and Jose Aldo by unanimous five-round decision over Frankie Edgar in an interim featherweight championship bout.

Aldo hadn't fought since losing to Conor McGregor in a featherweight title bout late last year.

He wasted no time in calling out McGregor, who was standing ominously outside the Octagon staring through the chains, after the win.

"I have one goal," he said, pointing to McGregor, "and it's to beat this guy."

Here are the full results from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

UFC 200 Results
Winner Loser Result
Amanda Nunes (new champ) Miesha Tate via submission (1st)
Brock Lesnar Mark Hunt via unanimous decision
Daniel Cormier Anderson Silva via unanimous decision
Jose Aldo (new champ) Frankie Edgar via unanimous decision
Cain Velasquez Travis Browne via TKO (1st)

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