Watch UFC 225 Rafael dos Anjos x Colby Covington

dos Anjos (left) and Covington (right) duel for the interim belt. Photo: SL MMAPress Assembly

Ultimate ends a marathon of five consecutive events in style. The city of Chicago receives O UFC 255, this Saturday (09), with two title fights. In the main fight of the night, the middleweight champion Robert whittaker faces Yoel romero. The fight is not worth the division title because the Cuban fighter was overweight. In the second most anticipated duel, the Brazilian Rafael dos Anjos faces the North American 'loudmouth' Colby covington for the interim welterweight belt.

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In addition to Rafael, Brazil has representation on the preliminary card with Claudia gadelha who stares Carla esparza e Charles of the Bronx who fights with Clay guida.

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To get you in the mood for UFC 225, we've listed five reasons why you should watch the event.

1 – Rafael dos Anjos in search of his second belt

Dos Anjos (photo) is looking for the welterweight belt. (Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/UFC)

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Rafael dos Anjos has the chance to make history this Saturday. Former lightweight champion (up to 70,3 kg.), the Brazilian now in the welterweight category (up to 77,1 kg.) is looking for his second belt in the event. If he wins, RDA will be the first Brazilian fighter to achieve this feat and will join the ranks of names such as: B.J. Penn, Randy Couture, Connor McGregor and Georges St Pierre.

The Brazilian has been in the welterweight division for a year and faced Tarec saffiedine, Neil Magny and the former champion, Robbie Lawler. In his fourth fight in the category, dos Anjos fights for the interim belt against Colby covington.

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RDA comes from jiu-jitsu and evolved into striking when he started training Muay Thai at MMA Kings. Today the Brazilian trains at his own gym, RDA Academy.

Rafael dos Anjos He has a record of 37 fights in MMA in 2004, 28 wins and nine losses. His last fight was a unanimous decision victory against Robbie Lawler in December last year.

2 – The new Conor McGregor?

Covington will have armed security in Chicago. (Photo: Reproduction Facebook Colby covington)

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Disciple of the same school Chael Sonnen e Conor McGregor, Colby covington He's the UFC's new 'loudmouth'. The North American even has the same target as 'his teachers', Brazil and Brazilian fighters. What cannot be denied is that he knows how to sell himself and monetize his fights.

The co-main event duel against the Brazilian, Rafael dos Anjos draws more attention from the event's audience due to Colby's provocations. The insults started some time ago through interviews and on social media, mainly from the North American who cursed Brazil several times.

Colby covington He has an MMA record of 13 fights, 12 wins and one loss. His last fight was the triumph over Demian Maia in São Paulo in October 2017. His only setback comes against the Brazilian Warlley alves at UFC 194 in December 2015.

3 – Robert Whittaker x Yoel Romero

R. Whittaker (L) and Y. Romero are in the main fight of UFC 225 in Chicago. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook UFC

The duel between Whittaker and Romero was highly anticipated for a rematch, in which the first fight was closely contested and only defined in the fifth round. However, the Cuban's failure to weigh in took away the importance of the dispute, which is no longer valid for the middleweight belt.

The first meeting between Whittaker and Romero was during UFC 213 in July 2017. On that occasion, “Bobby Knuckles” won by unanimous decision. With the victory, Robert was promoted to champion after Georges St-Pierre left the linear belt he won from Michael Bisping in November 2017.

The champion has a record of 23 fights, 19 wins and four losses. His last fight was a triumph over Yoel romero and since then he hasn't climbed into the Octagon. In April 2017, Robert knocked out the Brazilian Ronaldo Jacare and won performance of the night. In turn, Yoel has 15 fights in his MMA career, with 13 wins and two losses. He is coming off a knockout victory over Luke Rockhold in February this year. The fight was worth the interim belt in the category, but Romero was unable to make weight in the division.

4 – The Brazilians on the preliminary card

C. Gadelha (photo) and C. Esparza have a rivalry that dates back to the time they worked for Invicta FC. (Photo: UFC / Reproduction)

One of the biggest rivalries between women's bantamweights, Claudia Gadelha e Carla esparza Go this Saturday. The clash was scheduled twice while the fighters were at Invicta FC, but it never happened. Now, the Brazilian focuses on the triumph over Esparza to get in line to fight for the strawweight belt.

In the five years of rivalry, the two times the fight was postponed Claudinha had health problems or injuries. In January 2013, the Brazilian broke her nose and the fight was rescheduled. In December of the same year, Gadelha fell ill after weighing in for the event.

Claudia gadelha He has a record of 18 fights, 15 wins and three losses. The last time she was in the Octagon was her loss to Jessica Andrade in September last year.

The first Brazilian to enter the Octagon, Charles 'from the Bronx' who faces Clay guida. The fighter from Guaruja is one of the athletes with the highest number of submissions in the UFC. There were nine rivals forced to give three taps as a sign of giving up.

As he seeks completion, the Bronx does not save energy. In the fight against Guida he stated that he will use patience and does not want to spend so much energy looking for the submission.

Charles has 31 fights in his MMA career, 22 victories, eight defeats and one fight without a decision. He comes from defeat to Paul felder by technical knockout in December 2017.

5 – One of the best cards of 2018

The UFC in Chicago has 13 fights. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook UFC

In addition to the main fight and co-event of UFC 225, the other fights also attract the public's attention. Ultimate brought the future challenger of Chris Cyborg who will be the winner of the fight between Holly holm e Megan anderson.

Still on the main card, there is the participation of the heavyweight Andrei Arlovski and former WWE wrestler CM Punk.

On the preliminary card, heavyweight alistair overeem and the featherweight, Ricardo Lamas. A separate character is Rashad evans. The fighter stated that if he wins he is thinking about retirement. He is coming off four consecutive losses in the UFC.

The full card promises great fights and it will be difficult to know what the performance of the night will be.