RUN IT BACK! @Daico_Deiveson
vs @JoeJitsuPrelims on ESPN / E+ | Main Card on E+
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July 17, 2020
Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream the UFC live on
your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. There were no complications this time as Deiveson
Figueiredo and Joseph
Benavidez will once again face off for the vacant
Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweight championship at
UFC Fight Night 172.
Figueiredo (18-1) would be the current champion had he not missed
weight for his previous bout against Benavidez (28-6). After an
unintentional clash of heads, the Brazilian knocked out the Xtreme
Couture ace in Round 2 of their February 2020 encounter. “Daico”
will look to do it again on Saturday night, only this time he made
weight by coming in at 125 pounds.
Benavidez has been one of the most accomplished mixed martial
artists to never win a belt inside the UFC. With a sparkling 15-4
record inside the Octagon, two of those defeats came to former
flyweight king Demetrious
Johnson. His three-fight win streak over Jussier
Formiga, Dustin
Ortiz, and Alex Perez
was snapped in his last fight, but he’ll look to rebound and
finally claim the title that has eluded him throughout his career.
Ever the professional, the 35-year-old had no issue making weight
by hitting 125 pounds on the dot.
UFC Fight Night 172’s main card will air exclusively on ESPN+
starting at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. Prelims begin at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m.
PT and will be shown on both ESPN+ and ESPN.
UFC Fight Night 172 Weigh-in Results:
Deiveson
Figueiredo (125) vs. Joseph
Benavidez (125)
Kelvin
Gastelum (186) vs. Jack
Hermansson (186)
Marc
Diakiese (156) vs. Rafael
Fiziev (156)
Ariane
Lipski (126) vs. Luana
Carolina (126)
Alexandre
Pantoja (125) vs. Askar
Askarov (126)
Khadis
Ibragimov (206) vs. Roman
Dolidze (206)
Grant
Dawson (150) vs. Nad
Narimani (150)
Joseph
Duffy (155.5) vs. Joel
Alvarez (156)
Brett
Johns (136) vs. Montel
Jackson (136)
Malcolm
Gordon (135) vs. Amir Albazi
(136)
Davi
Ramos (156) vs. Arman
Tsarukyan (156)
Sergey
Spivak (240) vs. Carlos
Felipe (261)