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Check out the fight card and bout order for UFC Norfolk, headlined by Joseph Benavidez vs. Deiveson Figueiredo.
The UFC heads to Norfolk, Virginia on Saturday, February 29th for a Fight Night event that features a flyweight title bout as the main attraction. Joseph Benavidez has one more shot at a belt, and he’ll look to get UFC gold against Brazil’s Deiveson Figueiredo. Henry Cejudo vacated his belt and will focus on defending his bantamweight belt next.
As for the rest of this card… wow. It genuinely does not look like a UFC show. There are literally no ranked fighters apart from Benavidez and Figueiredo. In theory, Felicia Spencer, Zarah Fairn, Megan Anderson, and Norma Dumont could all be ranked at women’s featherweight if they had enough fighters to merit a top-15 list, but they don’t. Spencer vs. Fairn is the co-main event, while Anderson vs. Dumont is also part of the main card.
Here’s what UFC Norfolk looks like. The entire show is on ESPN+.
Main Card (8 PM ET, ESPN+)
Joseph Benavidez vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
Felicia Spencer vs. Zarah Fairn
Ion Cutelaba vs. Magomed Ankalaev
Megan Anderson vs. Norma Dumont
Derrick Minner vs. Grant Dawson
Preliminary Card (5 PM ET, ESPN+)
Luis Pena vs. TBA
Gabriel Silva vs. Kyler Phillips
Brendan Allen vs. Tom Breese
Marcin Tybura vs. Sergey Spivac
Jordan Griffin vs. TJ Brown
Aalon Cruz vs. Spike Carlyle
Sean Brady vs. Ismail Naurdiev