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In addition to understanding the advantage Jones has with his size, he uses it to try moves and strikes that no one else can. As long as Jones doesn't try to prove himself as a wrestler against a superb wrestler like Evans, he is going to be difficult to beat. Use wrestling to frustrate Jones early; try to time strikes when Jones leaves himself open. Evans is a smart fighter.

He understands that he can't compete with Jones from a pure athleticism standpoint. His best chance to walk away with the light heavyweight championship is to bring back his wrestling, which he has put on the back burner lately to prove himself as a striker, in order to keep Jones at bay. When Evans does try to punch, he has to be careful. If he comes out swinging, Jones is going to destroy him.

Rashad needs to keep his ego in check. Evans has been handling all the promotion and talking leading up to this fight, though you might not know there has been any since most of it is happening on the little-known Fuel TV network. Jones has tried to remain civil, but there have been moments when he appears to be falling into Evans' trap of trash talk. Our agreement was to not fight each other on any accord, by any means.

Holloway is tied for ninth in the ESPN men's pound-for-pound top Rodriguez , 1 NC is unbeaten in his last three fights but has not competed since October , when he won a unanimous decision over Jeremy Stephens. Rodriguez's absence was in part due to a US Anti-Doping Agency ban for failing to disclose his whereabouts for testing. This matchup was originally scheduled for July, but Holloway pulled out of the bout because of an undisclosed injury.

The co-main event is a heavyweight matchup between year-old veteran Ben Rothwell , who has won three of his last four, and Marcos Rogerio de Lima. Stream and watch all of the fights here. ET Men's featherweight: Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez Heavyweight: Ben Rothwell vs.

Leah Letson Welterweight: Miguel Baeza vs. Khaos Williams Men's bantamweight: Song Yadong vs. ET Lightweight: Thiago Moises vs. The two fought to a decision last year that had the judges award Volkanovski the win and the title but he feels he and Holloway need to go again to solidify his position as the new featherweight champion.

Volkanovski fought Brian Ortega in what is considered to be a "fight of the year" candidate at UFC In the fourth round against Petr Yan, Sterling was hit by a textbook example of an illegal knee strike. Sterling was clearly injured and the referee declared it was a disqualification against Yan. Prior to the knee, Yan was winning on two of the three scorecards. All signs point towards these two fighting again in the near future. Yan defeated Cory Sandhagen at UFC for the interim title, after Sterling was forced to pull out due to a serious neck injury.

When Brandon Moreno took on Deiveson Figueiredo for the second time, history was made. After a close first fight, that was a fight of the year candidate in , Moreno separated himself from the former champ. Moreno and Figueiedo will compete for the third time at the start of The lioness seems to be content at being the dominant champion of both the pound and pound divisions featherweight and bantamweight.

She won the bantamweight title in with a win over Miesha Tate and has successfully defended that title five times, and won the featherweight title in when she knocked out Cris Cyborg in the first round.

Nunes is scheduled to defend her bantamweight title at UFC in December of Shevchenko has been fighting professionally since and coming from the world of kickboxing has made her a force to be reckoned with. She won the vacant flyweight title in at UFC and has successfully defended it six times with the most recent defense at UFC Eventually, she would lose the title and have to work her way back up to the top.

On numerous occasions, Namajunas has performed at her best, in her biggest moments. Here are the current UFC champions across every weight class. By: Edward Carbajal. Heavyweight Champion: Francis Ngannou