A. Pantoja in victory for the UFC. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram
Without giving chance to bad luck, the Ultimate management wants to do everything so that the flyweight division (up to 56,7kg) has a new champion on July 18th, in Abu Dhabi. Therefore, the organization scaled Alexandre pantoja as a reserve Deiveson Figueiredo e Joseph Benavidez in the challenge that will take place on 'Ilha da Luta'. The information was released by 'Ag.Fight'.
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With a marathon of cards and four title fights that will take place throughout the month of July, the UFC wants to reduce the chance of a fight being canceled as much as possible. Alexandre, however, will not be in Abu Dhabi with only an eye on the main fight on the 18th. The flyweight has an appointment against the undefeated Askar askarov, in the fight that opens the main card of the event.
Ultimate's concern is largely due to the incident that occurred in February this year, when Deiveson and Benavidez fought for the vacant belt, but the division remained without a champion due to the fact that the Brazilian had won the battle, but failed to make the weight cut the day before. to combat.
Currently, Pantoja occupies fourth place among the flyweights and is coming off a victory over Matt schnell, in December last year. His last defeat happened precisely to Deiveson, in July 2019, when a sequence of three positive results ended.
Division without champion
The flyweight category has been without a leader since the now former fighter, Henry Cejudo confirmed his desire to abandon the division and only perform among the bantamweight division – where he also had the belt. This happened in December last year and, since then, Ultimate has remained without someone to occupy the position.
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