Battles come together quickly nowadays, and if you blink, you can quickly miss them. In Fight Roundup, we bring you the most recent reported matches to keep you as much as date with what’s on the horizon.
All bouts included have actually been formally revealed or validated with MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz, Mike Heck, and Damon Martin by means of sources with understanding of the matches.
2 of the UFC’s leading flyweights are running it back.
At UFC Vegas 83 on Jan. 13, Matheus Nicolau and Manel Kape satisfy in a rematch of their March 2021 encounter that Nicolau won through split choice. The bout was initially reported by Eurosport
The match pits 2 of Mixed martial arts Fighting’s leading 10 flyweights versus one another, with Nicolau presently at No. 10 and Kape at No. 9.
Nicolau (19-3-1) was on the cusp of a UFC title shot before suffering a first-round knockout loss to Brandon Royval this previous April. Prior to that, Nicolau had actually won 6 straight battles, consisting of a close choice nod over Kape. In addition to beating Kape, Nicolau holds noteworthy wins over Matt Schnell Tim Elliott Louis Smolkaand John Moraga
Kape (19-6) hasn’t lost given that his very first conference with Nicolau. The previous RIZIN champ has actually rebounded with 4 straight wins, most just recently beating short-notice replacement Felipe dos Santos by means of consentaneous choice at UFC 293
3 other bouts have actually been validated for Jan. 13, consisting of an essential bantamweight battle in between Mario Bautista and Ricky Simon
Bautista (13-2) and Simon (20-4) are both in the thick of the competitor race at 135 pounds, with Bautista having actually won 5 straight and Simon just recently seeing his own five-fight win streak snapped by Tune YadongThe bout was initially revealed by Bautista’s managementwho likewise revealed a Jan. 13 featherweight bout in between Westin Wilson and Gabriel Santos
At UFC Vegas 83, Phil Hawes (12-5) is likewise set to deal with Brunno Ferreira (10-1) in a middleweight bout. That match was initially reported by Ag. Battle
Gregory Rodrigues vs. Brad Tavares
A year later on, Gregory Rodrigues and Brad Tavares are taking another perform at each other.
The middleweights now contend on Feb. 10 after a previous scheduled conference at UFC 283 failed last January. Rodrigues (14-5) rather combated replacement Brunno Ferreira, losing by knockout in Round 1, while Tavares (20-8) later on lost by first-round knockout to Bruno Silva in April.
Rodrigues revealed the re-booking initially by means of social networks
Both fighters have actually considering that rebounded with wins. Rodrigues ended up Denis Tiuliulin within a round with ground-and-pound at UFC 292 and Tavares made a consentaneous choice nod over previous UFC champ Chris Weidman on the very same card.
The Feb. 10 UFC occasion is yet to be revealed and does not have an authorities area.
UFC Austin
The famous Clay Guida contends for the 62nd time at UFC Austin when he combats Joaquim Silva in a light-weight bout.
Guida (38-23), who was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2019 for his timeless brawl with Diego Sanchezaims to rebound from a choice loss to Rafa Garcia in his newest trip at UFC Kansas CityThe experienced enter the octagon on Dec. 2, simply 6 days shy of his 42nd birthday.
Silva (12-4) seeks to break out of a 1-3 depression, which was topped off by a third-round TKO loss to Arman Tsarukyan this previous June. “Netto BJJ” has actually contended sporadically over the previous couple of years, with simply 4 battles given that 2018.
The following bouts have actually likewise been made main for UFC Austin:
Featherweight: Steve Garcia (14-5 vs. Melquizael Costa (20-6)
Light Heavyweight: Rodolfo Bellato (11-2) vs. Ihor Potieria (19-4)
Welterweight: Wellington Turman (18-7) vs. Jared Gooden (22-9)
Flyweight: Veronica Hardy (7-4-1) vs. Jamey-Lyn Horth (6-0)
As formerly revealed, UFC Austin is headlined by set of light-weight competitors’ bouts, with Beneil Dariush combating Arman Tsarukyan in the primary occasion, and Bobby Green battling Dan Hooker in the co-main occasion.
UFC 297
More Canadian material has actually been contributed to the UFC 297 lineup as Jasmine Jasudavicius Malcolm Gordon Serhiy Sideyand Yohan Lainesse have all arrived on the Jan. 20 pay-per-view card in Toronto.
Battling out of St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Jasudavicius (9-3) makes her 6th UFC look because making her advertising launching in January 2022. She is 3-2 inside the octagon and seeks to keep constructing her name in the flyweight department when she battles Priscila Cachoeira (12-5) at UFC 297.
Gordon (14-7), who battles out of Toronto, enters his flyweight battle with Jimmy Flick (16-7) on a two-fight losing skid. Following back-to-back wins over Denys Bondar and Francisco FigueiredoGordon has actually stumbled with losses to Jake Hadley and Muhammad Mokaevboth of whom stopped Gordon inside the range.
Hailing from Ontario, Burlington bantamweight Sidey (10-1) makes his UFC launching versus the guy who he beat to make an agreement on the Contender Series, Ramon Taveras (9-2). Sidey beat Taveras through first-round knockout this previous September, however discovers himself standing throughout from him once again after Taveras made his own agreement with a 29-second knockout of Cortavious Romious the following October.
Completing the card is Quebec’s Lainesse (9-2), who battles England’s Sam Patterson (10-2-1) in a welterweight bout.
UFC 297 is headlined by middleweight champ Sean Strickland preventing Dricus Du Plessiswith Mayra Bueno Silva and Raquel Pennington fighting for an uninhabited bantamweight title in the co-main occasion.
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