One title defense into his championship reign, and bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili already has a legitimate claim as the division’s all-time ...
Merab Dvalishvili has just defeated Umar Nurmagomedov in the UFC 311 co-main event, successfully defending his bantamweight title for the very first time.
Former UFC champions Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Jessica Andrade, and Carla Esparza have all suffered dominant defeats against the Chinese superstar ... it after jumping up to flyweight.
with the only loss of his career coming against Perth native Steve Erceg four years ago when both UFC fighters were still in Eternal MMA. Elsewhere, popular Chinese flyweight contender Wang Cong ...
There were other bouts along the way, but none of much note until Fury scraped past UFC great Francis Ngannou ... having previously held gold at light-flyweight and super-flyweight.
The wild card for me is Deiveson Figueiredo. The former flyweight champion could drop back down and he’s already beaten Pantoja. That’s the one man I think who would have the best chance at dethroning ...
The former flyweight champion could drop back down and he’s already beaten Pantoja. That’s the one man I think who would have the best chance at dethroning the current UFC flyweight champion.
This fight marked a milestone for Chinese MMA and cemented ... Fiorot’s undefeated UFC record but also solidified her position as a top contender in the flyweight division.
That said, certain weight classes have standouts that most fans can agree on. Most consecutive flyweight title defenses (11), first UFC flyweight champion, most consecutive title defenses in UFC ...