In his eagerness to regain the strawweight title, Jędrzejczyk faces Waterson at UFC Tampa

J. Jedrzejczyk after victory in Ultimate. Photo: Reproduction/ Facebook UFC

The weekend will be MMA in the city of Tampa, in the United States. This Saturday (12), Ultimate returns to Florida and brings to the public a card with 14 fights, including a former champion and no less than four Brazilians representing the Brazilian colors. The athletes will begin exchanging forces at 18pm (Brasília time) with the preliminary card.

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In the main fight, a very interesting clash. Former strawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk will face the American Michelle Waterson. A victory for either party will put one of the fighters in a position to challenge the current champion, Weili Zhang.

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To defend Brazilian colors, four athletes were selected to perform in Tampa. Among them is kron gracie, son of the legendary Rickson, Deiveson Figueiredo, Amanda ribas and the North American, but with Brazilian roots, Mackenzie dern.

Joanna x Waterson

Former strawweight champion and former flyweight title challenger, Joanna Jędrzejczyk will be committed to winning again for the organization. Although her recent record is negative, the athlete, in her last fights, fought for the belt three times in her most recent appearances.

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Defeated by Rose namajunas at UFC 217 and 223, which saw the Polish woman lose her title, the athlete took a risk among the flies to try for the vacant belt. On that occasion, the combatant faced Valentina Shevchenko, but was unsuccessful in his challenge.

Michelle Waterson, currently seventh in the ranking, is trying to reach the elite of the category once and for all and be able to ask for the right to fight against Weili Zhang. Beating a former champion, who was dominant for two years in the company and made five title defenses, could be the shortest way to reach the top.

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The North American, who is a former Invicta FC champion, comes from three consecutive victories within the company.

Kron x Swanson

the carioca kron gracie there will be a fight that can be considered a great challenge or an easy fight. The Brazilian will face the experienced Cub swanson in the co-main event of the night. Against the North American, Gracie will be committed to maintaining his unbeaten record and, if he wins, it will be his opponent's fifth consecutive defeat.

In a terrible moment in the UFC, Cub needs the triumph to be able to breathe and finally get off the ropes, as he hasn't won a commitment since the clash against Artem Lobov that took place in April 2017, more than two years ago.

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More Brazilians

The third battle on the main card will divide Brazilian hearts. Amanda ribas, from Minas Gerais from Varginha, will face the undefeated Mackenzie dern. Mackenzie is North American, but is the daughter of a Brazilian and lived for a while in Rio de Janeiro.

The meeting between the fighters will propel one of them to the top of the flyweight category.

On the preliminary card, Deiveson Figueiredo tries, against Tim Elliot, his victory, which could be the ticket to fight for the belt in the future. Recently, the flyweight asked the UFC board of directors to create an interim belt, as the division champion, Henry Cejudo, is recovering from shoulder surgery and is out of action until next year.

If you defeat Elliot, the 'God of War' asked you to face Joseph Benavidez, declared by the UFC as the first challenger to 'Triple C'.