Francis Ngannou and Sean O'Malley are highlights of the month of March (Photo: Montage/SUPER FIGHTS)
The month of February came to an end, but not before delivering memorable fights to martial arts fans, whether in the UFC Octagon or in the historic decagon. PFL x Bellator and even in the ring of Fight Music Show 4, with the confrontation between Acelino Popó Freitas and Kleber Bambam. Now, however, it's time to turn the page and look at the best we have ahead of us, with the right to Francis Ngannou boxing, fighting for the bantamweight belt (up to 61,2 kg) in the UFC and 'Brazilian Squadron' in weight.
With that in mind, the team at SUPER FIGHTS chose the ten main fights for you to keep an eye on in March. Let's look at the list, in chronological order:
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1- Francis Ngannou x Anthony Joshua – Boxing
Anthony Joshua (left) greets Francis Ngannou (right) facing. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram
The second Friday of the month, on March 8th, features the return of Francis Ngannou to the rings. After a great performance, but defeat to Tyson Fury In October last year, the Cameroonian returned to the Kingdom Arena, in Saudi Arabia, to face former world champion Anthony Joshua.
2- Michel Pereira x Michal Oleksejczuk – UFC 299
Michael Pereira weighing in at the UFC (Photo: Reproduction)
On Saturday, the 9th, it's the turn of the long-awaited UFC 299, considered by many to be one of the best cards ever assembled in the organization's history. The first highlight, still on the preliminary card, is the duel between Michael Pereira e Michal Oleksiejczuk.
Looking for the second victory in a row since moving up to middleweight (up to 83,9 kg), Paraense Voador faces the Pole, who arrives on the back of three victories in his last four fights.
3- Mateusz Gamrot x Rafael dos Anjos – UFC 299
R. dos Anjos fighting in the UFC. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @ufc
Still on the preliminary card, Rafael dos Anjos returns to lightweight, the division in which he was champion, to face one of the category's great promises, the Polish Mateusz gamrot.
Eleventh placed in the rankings, the former champion returns to the division after two fights at welterweight, the last of which was a defeat to Vincent Luque In August. While the Pole occupies sixth place in the division and is coming off a victory over Raphael Fiziev
4- Curtis Blaydes x Jailton Malhadinho – UFC 299
Jailton Malhadinho He is a Brazilian standout in the UFC heavyweight division. Photo: Reproduction/Twitter/UFCBrasil
Proving how brilliant the card is UFC 299, the fourth fight on our list is still part of the preliminary portion of the event: the heavyweight duel between Curtis blaydes e Jailton Malhadinho.
Looking for his seventh victory in Ultimate to finally reach a place in the top 5 of the heavyweights, Malhadinho faces Blaydes, the owner of fifth place in the ranking, who is coming off a defeat to Sergei Pavlovich.
5- Gilbert Durinho x Jack Della Maddalena – UFC 299
Gilbert Durinho weighing in at the UFC. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @gilbert_burns
Do you think the highlights of the event are over? Far from it. In the second fight of the main card, Gibert Durinho and Jack Della Maddalena make a crucial duel for the welterweights (up to 77,1 kg).
Coming from defeat to Belal Muhammad |, the Brazilian defends fourth place in the category ranking against the Australian promise, who occupies 11th place and is undefeated in the organization, with six victories.
6- Kevin Holland x Michael Page – UFC 299
Michael Page debuts in Ultimate in March. Photo: Reproduction/ Twitter/ Bellator
Also at welterweight and also at UFC 299, Michael 'Venom' Page makes his long-awaited Ultimate debut against Kevin holland.
After ten years as one of Bellator's main highlights, the British 'MVP' faces the also popular Kevin holland, which comes from a defeat against Jack Della Maddalena.
7- Dustin Poirier x Benoit Saint-Denis – UFC 299
Dustin poirier in victory. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram
The co-main fight of the event promises to be one of the most exciting of the season. In the lightweight division, the former interim champion Dustin poirier measures forces against the French promise Benoit Saint-Denis in an explosive duel.
Third placed in the category's ranking and making his 30th fight in the organization, 'Diamante' is trying to interrupt the Frenchman's brutal run, who only occupies 12th place in the division, but has been riding on five straight victories, with three knockouts and two submissions.
8- Sean O'Malley x Marlon Vera – UFC 299
Sean O'Malley in a duel against Marlon Vera. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram
Ufa! Finalizing the list of highlights of the UFC 299, could not be left out of the main fight of the night, worth the organization's bantamweight belt (up to 61,2 kg).
Category champion after knockout over aljamain sterling in August last year, Sean O'Malley defended his title for the first time in a rematch against the Ecuadorian Marlon Vera, responsible for his only defeat in the octagon.
9- Amanda Ribas x Rose Namajunas – UFC Las Vegas 89
Amanda ribas weighing (Photo: Reproduction)
Two weeks after stuffing UFC 299, the Ultimate held UFC Las Vegas 89, in Apex. In the main fight, an interesting women's flyweight duel (up to 56,7 kg) between Amanda ribas and the former strawweight champion (up to 52,1 kg) Rose namajunas.
Ranked in two categories, Amanda defends eighth position in the flies against the North American, who debuted in the division with a defeat to Manon Fiorot in September last year.
10- Erin Blanchfield x Manon Fiorot – UFC Atlantic City
Manon Fiorot in victory over Jennifer maia (Photo: Instagram/UFC)
Closing the list and the month with another duel in the women's flyweight (up to 56,7 kg), Manon Fiorot e Erin Blanchfield face each other in the main fight of UFC Atlantic City so that the next challenger for the UFC belt can be determined. Alexa grasso.
Manon Fiorot has been undefeated since the first fight of her career, in 2018, and has been riding 11 consecutive victories, six of them in the Ultimate, while Blanchfield has not known what it's like to lose since February 2019 and has a streak of nine victories, the last six also in the octagon.
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