It was revealed today on the UFC’s “Inside the Octagon” show for UFC 206 that a new fight between top ten contenders has been added to UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey on December 30th. In the strawweight division, #5 contender Jessica Andrade will take on #10 contender Maryna Moroz. Both are on two fight win streaks, with Andrade coming off victories over Jessica Penne and Joanne Calderwood, while Moroz defeated the unranked Cristina Stanciu and Danielle Taylor. Andrade rebounded from a submission loss to Raquel Pennington in her final fight at bantamweight, while Moroz was coming off a defeat by decision in a fight with Valerie Letourneau that turned out to be a title eliminator.
Moroz’s lone other UFC fight is her own first round submission win over Calderwood. She’s looked somewhat diminished as of late, with the bout against Taylor being a legitimate contender for worst fight of the year due to her unwillingness to get into range against a much shorter fighter. That said, while Andrade has the momentum, Moroz, with her reach and jab-heavy, in and out, boxing-heavy attack, is a tricky stylistic matchup for her. With a win, Andrade would be in strong position for a title shot against Joanna Jędrzejczyk.
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It was revealed today on the UFC’s “Inside the Octagon” show for UFC 206 that a new fight between top ten contenders has been added to UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey on December 30th. In the strawweight division, #5 contender Jessica Andrade will take on #10 contender Maryna Moroz. Both are on two fight win streaks, with Andrade coming off victories over Jessica Penne and Joanne Calderwood, while Moroz defeated the unranked Cristina Stanciu and Danielle Taylor. Andrade rebounded from a submission loss to Raquel Pennington in her final fight at bantamweight, while Moroz was coming off a defeat by decision in a fight with Valerie Letourneau that turned out to be a title eliminator.
Moroz’s lone other UFC fight is her own first round submission win over Calderwood. She’s looked somewhat diminished as of late, with the bout against Taylor being a legitimate contender for worst fight of the year due to her unwillingness to get into range against a much shorter fighter. That said, while Andrade has the momentum, Moroz, with her reach and jab-heavy, in and out, boxing-heavy attack, is a tricky stylistic matchup for her. With a win, Andrade would be in strong position for a title shot against Joanna J?drzejczyk.
UFC 203 went down tonight (September 10, 2016) in Cleveland, OH, from the Quicken Loans Arena, and was headlined by a heavyweight title tilt between champion Stipe Miocic and Alistair Overeem. The one-round war between the two big men netted each an additional $50,000 in bonus money, as the main event earned ‘Fight of the
UFC 203 went down tonight (September 10, 2016) in Cleveland, OH, from the Quicken Loans Arena, and was headlined by a heavyweight title tilt between champion Stipe Miocic and Alistair Overeem.
The one-round war between the two big men netted each an additional $50,000 in bonus money, as the main event earned ‘Fight of the Night’ honors. Overeem dropped Miocic and pounced on the champ, seeming to lock up a tight guillotine, but Miocic escaped. The two heavyweight sluggers went on to rock one another in that epic opening five minutes. But a caught kick spelled doom for Overeem. Miocic moved to top position and pounded away until the fight was stopped, retaining his heavyweight title in the process.
Elsewhere, strawweight contender Jessica Andrade took home one of the two ‘Performance of the Night’ bonuses – and an extra 50 grand – for her guillotine choke victory over Joanne Calderwood. The two 115-pound strikers opened up the main card in style before an Andrade takedown ultimately led to the finish.
The final bonus went to the lone winner on UFC Fight Pass. Yancy Medeiros and Sean Spencer were supposed to be the featured Fight Pass prelim, but injuries decimated the card during fight week. When Saturday night eventually came, there was only one fight left that would not be televised. That did not stop Medeiros from turning in an exquisite performance. In the second round of his strikers’ delight with Spencer, a Medeiros head kick dropped Spencer. The Hawaiian would pounce and lock up a rear naked choke, locking up the second ‘Performance of the Night’ bonus as well.
TUF alum Joanne Calderwood has her next official Octagon assignment.
Calderwood, who is coming fresh off an epic performance against Valérie Létourneau in a UFC women’s flyweight fight last month, will return at UFC 203 to fight Jessica Andrade.
The Calderwood-Andrade bout will be taking place in the UFC women’s 115-pound strawweight division.
UFC 203 is scheduled to take place on September 10th in Cleveland, Ohio, and will feature Stipe Miocic vs. Alistair Overeem for the UFC Heavyweight title, as well as CM Punk’s Octagon debut against Mickey Gall.
TUF alum Joanne Calderwood has her next official Octagon assignment.
Calderwood, who is coming fresh off an epic performance against Valérie Létourneau in a UFC women’s flyweight fight last month, will return at UFC 203 to fight Jessica Andrade.
The Calderwood-Andrade bout will be taking place in the UFC women’s 115-pound strawweight division.
UFC 203 is scheduled to take place on September 10th in Cleveland, Ohio, and will feature Stipe Miocic vs. Alistair Overeem for the UFC Heavyweight title, as well as CM Punk’s Octagon debut against Mickey Gall.
Jessica Andrade will give strawweight a go, taking on one-time title contender Jessica Penne at UFC 199 this summer. The Los Angeles Daily News first reported the contest.
Andrade (13-5) has gone 4-3 as a bantamweight in the UFC, including three str…
Jessica Andrade will give strawweight a go, taking on one-time title contender Jessica Penne at UFC 199 this summer. The Los Angeles Daily News first reported the contest.
Andrade (13-5) has gone 4-3 as a bantamweight in the UFC, including three straight wins at one point. She is just 1-2, though, over her last three, with both defeats coming via submission.
Penne (12-4) is a former Invicta FC champion who advanced to the semifinals of The Ultimate Fighter before falling to eventual champion Carla Esparza. She also suffered a loss to current UFC champion Joanna Jedrzeczyk for the title.
UFC 199 includes Luke Rockhold defending his middleweight title vs. Chris Weidman and Urijah Faber challenging Dominick Cruz for the bantamweight strap.
(The knee can be a cruel mistress. One day you’re provocatively bending it against a pole, without a care in the world. And the next day…betrayal. / Photo via Julianna’s Facebook page)
Pena is scheduled to undergo surgery next week, and doctors have already assured her that her knee will return to full strength following surgery and rehab. Not that it’s any consolation to UFC president Dana White, who was pissed last night:
(The knee can be a cruel mistress. One day you’re provocatively bending it against a pole, without a care in the world. And the next day…betrayal. / Photo via Julianna’s Facebook page)
Pena is scheduled to undergo surgery next week, and doctors have already assured her that her knee will return to full strength following surgery and rehab. Not that it’s any consolation to UFC president Dana White, who was pissed last night:
For the record, Pena trains at Sik-Jitsu in Spokane, and her actual recovery timetable is unknown. And unless Pena’s team rented her out as a training partner for Rousimar Palhares, we’ll hold off on burying them for now.
The UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler card is filling up fast, Nation, and has recently added a pair of intriguing bouts featuring TUF winners as well as matchup between top featherweights. Let’s get right to it…
“The Venezuelan Vixen” may not have made many friends in the TUF household (which we imagine she wasn’t there to do in the first place), but her performances in the octagon spoke for themselves. With stoppage victories over Shayna Baszler (rear-naked choke), Sarah Moras (guillotine) and Jessica Rakoczy (TKO), Pena is riding high on momentum at the moment, and she’ll need plenty of it against Jessica Andrade.
Currently 10-3 and 1-1 in the octagon, Andrade is submission specialist who has tangled with the likes of Liz Carmouche, Rosi Sexton and Jennifer Maia. She has only been the distance twice in her professional career, and while the holes in her wrestling game were exposed by Carmouche at UFC on FOX 8, she should easily make for the toughest test of the TUF winner’s career come March 15th.
The UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler card is filling up fast, Nation, and has recently added a pair of intriguing bouts featuring TUF winners as well as matchup between top featherweights. Let’s get right to it…
“The Venezuelan Vixen” may not have made many friends in the TUF household (which we imagine she wasn’t there to do in the first place), but her performances in the octagon spoke for themselves. With stoppage victories over Shayna Baszler (rear-naked choke), Sarah Moras (guillotine) and Jessica Rakoczy (TKO), Pena is riding high on momentum at the moment, and she’ll need plenty of it against Jessica Andrade.
Currently 10-3 and 1-1 in the octagon, Andrade is submission specialist who has tangled with the likes of Liz Carmouche, Rosi Sexton and Jennifer Maia. She has only been the distance twice in her professional career, and while the holes in her wrestling game were exposed by Carmouche at UFC on FOX 8, she should easily make for the toughest test of the TUF winner’s career come March 15th.
In his first post-TUF appearance, season 17 winner Kelvin Gastelum showed that his victory over Uriah Hall was no fluke, dominating and submitting the now retired Brian Melancon in just two minutes at Fight Night 27 last August. The win kept Gastelum’s unblemished record intact, but unfortunately, bad luck would rear its head in the form of a PCL tear that would force him out of his UFC on FOX 9 fight with fellow TUF winner Court McGee.
Thankfully, Gastelum’s legs are not held together by tissue paper and dental floss, so he will be making a quick turnaround against veteran Rick Story. “The Horror” has been struggling with consistency for the past couple of years, going win-loss over his past five contests, but recently scored a unanimous decision victory over the returning Brian Ebersole at UFC 167. A win over Gastelum would easily make for his biggest since defeating Thiago Alves at UFC 130, so expect an all out war for this one, Nation.
Call me crazy, but this is the matchup I’m most excited to see out of the three. Despite a minor setback against Marcus Brimage last year, Hettes has been on fire since entering the UFC, scoring submission wins over Alex Caceres and Robert Whiteford and dominating Nam Phan en route to a decision at UFC 141. Bermudez, on the other hand, has notched five straight victories since coming up short in the TUF 14 finals.
We all know Bermudez and Matt Grice put on a Fight of the Year contender at UFC 157, but “The Menace” also scored highly-entertaining decision victories over Max Holloway and Steven Siler in 2013 as well. The winner of this fight could easily find himself facing a top 10 opponent next, is what I’m getting at. In fact, if I were to GIF-rank this fight, I’d have to give it a solid
Can’t argue with the facts, folks.
UFC 171 goes down on March 15th from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
