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The Flyweight division simply couldn’t have nicer stuff.
Earlier this month, a 125-pound divorced bout was announced, pitting former UFC Champion Deiveson Figueiredo versus former RIZIN king Manel Kape at UFC 290 in July. Figueiredo was finally getting the lead from Brandon Moreno’s quadruple, and Capy was fighting for a fourth straight win and a shot at the title.
not longer. talk with MMA Fighting Podcast Free exchangeCappy explained that his eye had not yet recovered from Moreno’s fourth fight. As a result, he was not medically cleared to compete at UFC 290.
“I’m still hurt,” Figueiredo explained (trans MMA fighting). “I asked for a fight, and told my boss I really wanted to fight, but when he encouraged me and I spoke to my physical therapist and ophthalmologist, [they said] My eyesight is still not 100 percent. There are days when I see things as normal, but there are days when it’s okay, especially the days after training, so they decided I had to go for the full six months. [medical suspension] The ophthalmologist gave me [after UFC 283]. “
In similar cases, the matching operations were delayed for a month or two until all the pieces fit properly. That may be the case with Kape, but Figueiredo doesn’t seem terribly interested in fighting “Star Boy” at the moment. Instead, he would have preferred to fight a higher-ranking flyweight in his return to action.
“I admit I didn’t get it,” said Figueiredo. “The UFC threw me the 9th ranked flyweight, and I don’t get it, since I’m the 1st. I hope to fight one of the top 5 [flyweights]. I’m in no rush to recover from my injury. I talked to my manager and told him to ask the UFC to give me someone in the top 5 and let everyone fight.”
He continued, “Kai Kara-France is someone I would like to fight but unfortunately he has a fight booked right now. There is also the guy who knocked out Matheus Nicolau.” [Brandon Royval]Another great man to fight me. I hope the UFC will give me one of these guys for my fighters. I think I deserve it. I’m not asking for a title shot, I’m asking for someone in the top 5.”
It remains to be seen if Kape is kept on the UFC 290 card against a new opponent, or if the UFC decides to stick with the original bout despite Figueiredo’s preferences.
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Luke Rockhold is verbally bullied by Mike Perry at every turn. This cannot bode well for a boxing match!
MMA Twitter is absolutely shocked to hear that Colby Covington is now a jiu-jitsu black belt. Very good backpack game in my opinion!
First Class Kickboxing Races:
Song Yadong showed off his English language skills this week at press conferences.
The video of Israel Adesanya injuring his MCL is actually quite abnormal, his knee obviously bent in an unpleasant way.
This happened a week before the start of the fighting.
I think that explains why Pereira’s foot kicks hit Izzy so much in their final fight. pic.twitter.com/bdsY6oidin
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The children are fine.
Slips, rips, and KO clips
Jun used his low kick to switch positions and covertly set up the counter hook.
Like something out of the Golf Channel.
This was one of the best knockouts I’ve ever seen live, the crowd bobbed!
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Midnight Music: Hip Hop Music, 2006
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