flyweight

Welcome to our Community
Wanting to join the rest of our members? Feel free to Sign Up today.
Sign up
  1. nuraknu

    UFC bantamweight champ Petr Yan blasts Cody Garbrandt for 'running away' to flyweight

    UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan and Cody Garbrandt continue to chirp at each other. Garbrandt, a former UFC 135-pound champ, snapped a three-fight losing skid with a spectacular knockout over Raphael Assuncao last month at UFC 250. Yan (15-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) claimed the vacant bantamweight...
  2. nuraknu

    Dana White confirms flyweight is here to stay, but new champ Deiveson Figueiredo is already eyeing 135

    UFC president Dana White hasn’t always been the biggest supporter of the promotion’s 125 pound division, but he’s definitely a fan of Deiveson Figueiredo and the work his new flyweight champion did on Saturday night at Fight Island 2. “Pure violence,” White said when asked to describe his...
  3. nuraknu

    Joseph Benavidez knows he had his last UFC title shot, but won't retire yet

    Joseph Benavidez knows his championship aspirations won’t come to fruition – but he’s not willing to go out like he did at UFC on ESPN+ 30. At the post-fight news conference following his first-round submission loss to Deiveson Figueiredo, an emotional Benavidez (28-7 MMA, 15-5 UFC) took to the...
  4. nuraknu

    Deiveson Figueiredo tests positive for COVID-19, Alexandre Pantoja on standby to face Joseph Benavidez

    Deiveson Figueiredo may not get a chance to run things back with Joseph Benavidez. In the main event of a UFC Fight Island card on July 18, Figueiredo is set to rematch Benavidez for the vacant flyweight title. The two fought back at UFC Norfolk in February where the Brazilian won but he also...
  5. MovinOn

    Joanna Jedrzejczyk pondering move up to flyweight

    Seems like the obvious choice. It would be a battle of hands between her and Bullet as the top two in the division. “It would definitely be a more healthy solution,” Jedrzejczyk told MMANytt of a possible division switch. “After 15 years in the sport, my metabolism is wearing out… We have...
  6. Wild

    After flyweight title, Valentina Shevchenko already eyes 'revenge' with Amanda Nunes

    Valentina Shevchenko is already plotting a move back up to bantamweight-land to meet a familiar foe. “I know the last time with Amanda, I know exactly I didn’t lose this fight,” Shevchenko said. “Everybody knows this. My plan is to have a few fights at 125 for now, and then go back and have my...
  7. Wild

    Valentina Shevchenko's flyweight debut set for UFC Fight Night 125

    Valentina Shevchenko’s venture into the women’s flyweight division is set to get underway. The UFC on Tuesday announced that Shevchenko, a former bantemweight title contender, will meet promotional newcomer Priscila Cachoeira at UFC Fight Night 125, which takes place Feb. 3 at Manguerinho...
  8. Drake

    UFC Women's Flyweight Division Will Soon Be Flagship Weight Class

    On October 7th, the UFC’s newest division had it’s second ever fight take place a part of UFC 216‘s main card. Both promotional newcomers,Kalindra Faria and Mara Romero Borella got the opportunity to shine in the 125 lb clash. Unfortunately for Faria, the UFC’s first Italian female fighter...
  9. TheEmperorRises

    Ilima-Lei MacFarlane vs Emily Ducote set for Bellator 186 for inaugural Women's Flyweight title

    View: https://www.instagram.com/p/BZO4D-2nX0O/
  10. nuraknu

    Valentina Shevchenko announces move down to the 125-pound flyweight division

    Valentina Shevchenko has revealed that she will be leaving the bantamweight division and dropping down to 125-pounds as part of the UFC’s new flyweight division. The “Bullet” confirmed the news during a recent appearance on The Luke Thomas Show. Shevchenko (14-3-0) has been competing as a...
  11. Freeloading Rusty

    Paige VanZant says she’s moving to flyweight after passing out multiple times during weight cuts

    Paige VanZant says she’s moving to flyweight after passing out multiple times during weight cuts Paige VanZant said during a recent weight cut that someone found her passed out on the bathroom floor and had to call her coach and mentor Urijah Faber to come “save” her. With or without the UFC...
  12. Drake

    The Rise & Fall of Ian McCall

    When all is said and done and we look back upon the career of the man known as "Uncle Creepy", it's quite likely that the wrong picture will be painted. That picture being the one-sided illustration of how he could perhaps never consistently make it to fight night for one reason or another or...
  13. nuraknu

    Paige VanZant vs. Jessica Eye targeted for UFC 216 at flyweight

    The UFC women's flyweight division -- a new weight class announced late spring -- is off and running. A matchup between Jessica Eye and Paige VanZant is currently in the works for UFC 216 in Las Vegas on October 6 with the bout expected to take place at 125 pounds. Sources close to the matchup...
  14. Wild

    TJ Dillashaw will fight Demetrius Johnson for Flyweight Title

    The UFC has made significant changes to its UFC 213 pay-per-view event on July 8 in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White told ESPN.com on Tuesday that a bantamweight title fight between Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw has been officially called off, due to a Garbrandt back injury. According to...
  15. benjo0101

    IMG/GIF TJ to flyweight?

    Everyone is going to flyweight to fight DJ. Cody now TJ View: https://www.instagram.com/p/BUbIT5QgEh-/ As a side note that dinner looks truly awful. I have zero desire to buy that flavouring looking at that dry boring mess of a plate. Poor TJ. He tries.
  16. TheEmperorRises

    Rizin Reveals Bantamweight GP; Kyoji Horiguchi, Hideo Tokoro, Erson Yamamoto Confirmed

    Whether he's fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship or the Rizin Fighting Federation, Kyoji Horiguchi is one of the best flyweights on the planet. The rest of 2017 will give him the chance to prove he could be one of MMA's best bantamweights, to boot. Rizin staged its ”2017 in Yokohama...
  17. nuraknu

    TUF 26 to crown inaugural UFC women’s flyweight champion

    "A fourth women’s division is coming soon to the UFC. "The UFC announced Wednesday that the upcoming 26th season of The Ultimate Fighter will exclusively feature the women’s flyweight division, with the goal of crowning the UFC’s inaugural 125-pound champion in the season’s finals. "All women...
Top Bottom