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High-ranked Bantamweights are heading to Abu Dhabi! In keeping with a primary report from Ag. Struggle and confirmed by MMA Preventing, Marlon Vera vs. Deiveson Figueiredo is verbally agreed as a part of the upcoming UFC Abu Dhabi occasion, which is scheduled for August 3 inside Etihad Enviornment in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Vera is at present ranked No. 4 at 135-pounds. “Chito” was final seen within the Octagon reverse Sean O’Malley, who used him as a punching bag for many of 5 rounds. Previous to that defeat, Vera received 5 of his earlier six to determine himself as a top-tier Bantamweight, although Cory Sandhagen did additionally dominate the Ecuadorian expertise within the midst of his rise.
In the meantime, Figueiredo is chasing gold in a second weight class. The Brazilian’s Flyweight title reign ended with a back-and-forth rivalry reverse Brandon Moreno, however he’s been excellent since shifting as much as Bantamweight. “Daico” beat up Rob Font then stopped Cody Garbrandt at UFC 300 (watch right here), incomes the No. 6 spot within the UFC rankings.
Two males enter the cage, however just one leaves as a High 5-ranked contender related to the title combine. Who ya’ received?
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Jon Jones is in fixed verbal feud with the MMA fanbase over this complete not-fighting-the-interim champion factor.
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Alex Pereira was truly taking it fairly simple till his companion tried to punch his means off the wall.
Paulo Costa is learning his opposition!
I don’t absolutely perceive Alexander Volkov’s newest Instagram skit.
Get extra limber with the assistance of Georges St. Pierre (and a stick).
Islam Makhachev’s UFC 302 combat camp is presumably about wrapped up, and the champ has certainly earned some downtime.
Possibly my immaturity is displaying, however I like a press convention shoving match.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
An enormous face plant from the current Street To UFC fights:
Gheirati virtually chambered his knee earlier than unrolling the push kick, and that angle caught his opponent off-guard.
It received’t occur, however Kyoji Horiguchi getting a second likelihood at a UFC title can be so cool. His title would go to this point in avoiding the fixed Flyweight rematches …
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Midnight Music: Nation, 1974
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