UFC

UFC Fight Night Benavidez Vs Figueiredo

After Henry Cujedo vacated his belt at flyweight to move to the bantamweight division, Joseph Benavidez meets Deiveson Figueiredo this weekend for the flyweight title.   Benavidez is considered the number one contender, and with Figueiredo being ranked at number 3 this is sure to be a close run thing,. Benavidez is by far the most experienced of the two, having had twice as many fights, but Figueiredo does have a slight height and reach advantage

Other interesting match ups on the card are ladies Featherweight challengers Zarh Fairn against Felicia Spencer and Magomed Ankalaev faces Ion Cutelaba in the mens light heavyweight division

Its worth noting that this card has been significantly damaged by a combination of late injuries and sickness bugs, but still managing to give us some interesting match ups

 

Rest of Fight Card

145 lbs.: Zarah Fairn vs. Felicia Spencer
205 lbs.: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Ion Cutelaba
145 lbs.: Megan Anderson vs. Norma Dumont
145 lbs.: Grant Dawson vs. Darrick Minner
185 lbs.: Brendan Allen vs. Tom Breese
155 lbs.: Luis Pena vs. Steve Garcia
265 lbs.: Serghei Spivac vs. Marcin Tybura
145 lbs.: Jordan Griffin vs. T.J. Brown
145 lbs.: Spike Carlyle vs. Aalon Cruz
170 lbs.: Sean Brady vs. Ismail Naurdiev

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