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UFC Rankings Update: Sergio Pettis Cracks Top Five

After last weekend’s (Sat., August 5, 2017) night of fights from the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, the flyweight rankings have seen a bit of a shake-up. In the main event of the night, Sergio Pettis took home a dominant unanimous decision win over Mexico’s Brandon Moreno. After his win, Pettis climbed up the […]

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After last weekend’s (Sat., August 5, 2017) night of fights from the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, the flyweight rankings have seen a bit of a shake-up.

In the main event of the night, Sergio Pettis took home a dominant unanimous decision win over Mexico’s Brandon Moreno. After his win, Pettis climbed up the 125-pound rankings two spots to tie Wilson Reis for the No. 4-ranked spot. In a thin flyweight division, Pettis could have just solidified his case for the next shot at Demetrious Johnson’s throne following his upcoming title defense against Ray Borg at UFC 215.

You can check out the new rankings update here:

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POUND-FOR-POUND
1 Jon Jones
2 Demetrious Johnson
3 Conor McGregor
4 Stipe Miocic
5 Max Holloway
6 Cody Garbrandt
7 Daniel Cormier
8 Joanna Jedrzejczyk
9 Tyron Woodley
10 Dominick Cruz
11 Michael Bisping
12 Jose Aldo
13 Cris Cyborg
14 Amanda Nunes
15 Robert Whittaker

FLYWEIGHT
Champion: Demetrious Johnson
1 Joseph Benavidez
2 Henry Cejudo
3 Ray Borg
4 Wilson Reis
4 Sergio Pettis +2
6 Jussier Formiga -1
7 Brandon Moreno
8 Ben Nguyen
9 Tim Elliott
10 John Moraga
11 Dustin Ortiz +1
12 Ian McCall -1
13 Alexandre Pantoja
14 Louis Smolka
15 Magomed Bibulatov

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Cody Garbrandt
1 Dominick Cruz
2 TJ Dillashaw
3 Jimmie Rivera
4 Raphael Assuncao -1
5 John Lineker
6 Bryan Caraway
7 Aljamain Sterling
8 John Dodson
9 Thomas Almeida
10 Marlon Moraes -1
11 Eddie Wineland
12 Pedro Munhoz
13 Rob Font
14 Matthew Lopez
15 Johnny Eduardo

FEATHERWEIGHT
Champion: Max Holloway
1 Jose Aldo
2 Frankie Edgar
3 Ricardo Lamas
4 Cub Swanson
5 Chan Sung Jung
6 Brian Ortega
7 Yair Rodriguez
8 Jeremy Stephens
9 Darren Elkins
10 Renato Moicano
11 Dennis Bermudez
12 Dooho Choi
13 Mirsad Bektic
14 Myles Jury
15 Jason Knight

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Conor McGregor
1 Khabib Nurmagomedov
2 Tony Ferguson
3 Eddie Alvarez
4 Edson Barboza
5 Justin Gaethje
6 Nate Diaz
7 Kevin Lee
8 Dustin Poirier
9 Michael Johnson
10 Michael Chiesa
11 Al Iaquinta
12 Beneil Dariush
13 Anthony Pettis
14 Evan Dunham
15 Gilbert Melendez

WELTERWEIGHT
Champion: Tyron Woodley
1 Stephen Thompson
2 Robbie Lawler +1
3 Demian Maia
4 Jorge Masvidal
5 Carlos Condit
6 Neil Magny
6 Donald Cerrone -1
8 Colby Covington
9 Santiago Ponzinibbio
10 Rafael Dos Anjos
11 Gunnar Nelson
12 Dong Hyun Kim
13 Kamaru Usman
14 Alex Oliveira
15 Tarec Saffiedine

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Michael Bisping
1 Robert Whittaker (Interim Champion)
2 Yoel Romero
3 Luke Rockhold
4 Jacare Souza
5 Chris Weidman
6 Anderson Silva
7 Derek Brunson
8 Kelvin Gastelum
9 David Branch
10 Krzysztof Jotko
11 Vitor Belfort
12 Thales Leites
13 Tim Boetsch
14 Uriah Hall
15 Thiago Santos

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Jon Jones
1 Daniel Cormier
2 Alexander Gustafsson
3 Volkan Oezdemir
4 Glover Teixeira
5 Jimi Manuwa
6 Mauricio Rua
7 Ovince Saint Preux
8 Corey Anderson
9 Misha Cirkunov
10 Ilir Latifi
11 Rogerio Nogueira
12 Patrick Cummins
13 Tyson Pedro
14 Gian Villante
15 Gadzhimurad Antigulov

HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Stipe Miocic
1 Alistair Overeem
2 Fabricio Werdum
3 Cain Velasquez
4 Junior Dos Santos
5 Francis Ngannou
6 Mark Hunt
7 Derrick Lewis
8 Alexander Volkov
9 Stefan Struve
10 Marcin Tybura
11 Aleksei Oleinik
12 Andrei Arlovski
13 Junior Albini
14 Travis Browne
15 Curtis Blaydes

WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Champion: Joanna Jedrzejczyk
1 Claudia Gadelha
2 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
3 Rose Namajunas
4 Jessica Andrade
5 Tecia Torres
6 Michelle Waterson
7 Carla Esparza
8 Cynthia Calvillo
9 Felice Herrig +2
10 Paige VanZant +2
11 Joanne Calderwood -1
12 Cortney Casey +1
13 Alexa Grasso *NR
14 Randa Markos -5
15 Maryna Moroz -1

WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Amanda Nunes
1 Valentina Shevchenko
2 Holly Holm
3 Julianna Pena
4 Ronda Rousey
5 Raquel Pennington
6 Sara McMann
7 Cat Zingano
8 Germaine de Randamie
9 Liz Carmouche
10 Alexis Davis
11 Marion Reneau
12 Katlyn Chookagian
13 Ketlen Vieira -1
14 Bethe Correia
15 Leslie Smith

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UFC Fight Night 114 Sees Slight Increase In Viewership Numbers

The viewership numbers for UFC Fight Night 114 have been released. Due to the fact that the UFC put on a solid main card, viewership for UFC Fight Night 114 did increase from the last fight night event on FOX Sports 1, which was UFC Fight 112. UFC Fight Night from Mexico City averaged 859,000 […]

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The viewership numbers for UFC Fight Night 114 have been released.

Due to the fact that the UFC put on a solid main card, viewership for UFC Fight Night 114 did increase from the last fight night event on FOX Sports 1, which was UFC Fight 112. UFC Fight Night from Mexico City averaged 859,000 viewers, and the show peaked with the co-main event bout between Alexa Grasso and Randa Markos at 988,000 viewers.

UFC FN 112 averaged 819,000 viewers and peaked at 905,000 viewers twice for BJ Penn vs. Dennis Siver and Michael Chiesa vs. Kevin Lee.

A flyweight bout between Sergio Pettis and Brandon Moreno headlined the event. Rounding out the main card was Alan Jouban vs. Niko Price in a welterweight bout, Martin Bravo vs. Humberto Bandenay in a featherweight bout, Sam Alvey vs. Rashad Evans in a middleweight bout, and Alejandro Perez vs. Andre Soukhamthath in a bantamweight bout.

The prelims averaged 633,000 viewers on FOX Sports 1, which is down from the 319,000 viewers that UFC Fight Night 112 on FOX Sports 2. It should be noted that FS2 is not available as many homes as FS1.

The post-fight show pulled in 208,000 viewers, which is down from 268,000 viewers that UFC Fight Night 112 pulled in. This is a good sign as people were interested in sticking around for fight analysis or interviews. The pre-fight show pulled in 208,000 viewers.

Fight fans will have to wait to see more UFC action as the promotion returns on September 2nd with UFC Fight Night 115 at Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, Netherlands. A heavyweight bout between Stefan Struve and former Bellator Heavyweight Champion Alexander Volkov is expected to headline the event.

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Video: Vicious Knee Leads To Massive Upset At UFC Mexico

Last night’s (Sat., August 5, 2017) UFC Fight Night 114 from Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico, featured an all-out plethora of first-round finishes; in fact, the action-packed card was host to a record-tying seven of them. Perhaps none were more emphatic than Humberto Bandenay’s insane knee KO of the heavily favored Martin Bravo that […]

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Last night’s (Sat., August 5, 2017) UFC Fight Night 114 from Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico, featured an all-out plethora of first-round finishes; in fact, the action-packed card was host to a record-tying seven of them.

Perhaps none were more emphatic than Humberto Bandenay’s insane knee KO of the heavily favored Martin Bravo that took only 26 seconds. Bandenay came out looking to prove a point as the biggest underdog on the card, and he did just that, landing a hard body kick early that clearly made Bravo think about defending his midsection.

When he did, however, Bandenay had the wherewithal to move his strike upstairs, nailing Bravo with a vicious knee that stiffened him and legitimately put Bandenay on the short list of potential ‘Knockout of the Year’ contenders. Check out the jaw-dropping finish right here:

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Sergio Pettis vs. Brandon Moreno Full Fight Video Highlights

Sergio Pettis and Brandon Moreno were on the cusp of flyweight title contention when they met in the main event of last night’s (Sat., August 5, 2017) UFC Fight Night 114 from Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico. In the end, the No. 6 Pettis kept his momentum alive with a hard-fought unanimous decision […]

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Sergio Pettis and Brandon Moreno were on the cusp of flyweight title contention when they met in the main event of last night’s (Sat., August 5, 2017) UFC Fight Night 114 from Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, Mexico.

In the end, the No. 6 Pettis kept his momentum alive with a hard-fought unanimous decision victory over the unorthodox Moreno.

It wasn’t without some early adversity, however, as Moreno took Pettis’ back after taking him down off a kick in the first round, dominating the scorecard. But Pettis rallied back in the second round, landing some effective high kicks and finding his range in the boxing department, range he kept throughout the middle rounds where he was able to score with precise shots and hurt Moreno.

Moreno fought back with another takedown in the fifth, but Pettis’ effort throughout the middle of the fight was enough to earn him the victory on the scorecards. Watch the full fight video highlights of Pettis’ pivotal win right here:

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Twitter Reacts To UFC Mexico

UFC Fight Night 114 went down tonight (Saturday, August 5, 2017) from the Arena Cuidad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico. Exciting flyweight contenders headlined the FS1 Fight Night, as Sergio Pettis and Brandon Moreno went to battle opposite each other. The fight went the full five rounds, unlike most of the card, which tied […]

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UFC Fight Night 114 went down tonight (Saturday, August 5, 2017) from the Arena Cuidad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico. Exciting flyweight contenders headlined the FS1 Fight Night, as Sergio Pettis and Brandon Moreno went to battle opposite each other.

The fight went the full five rounds, unlike most of the card, which tied the record for the most first-round finishes in UFC history with a mind-blowing seven.

The younger Pettis had to survive a hairy first round that saw him taken down off a caught kick by “The Assassin Baby” and get his back taken. Moreno spent about half of round one latched to Pettis’ back with a body triangle, fishing for the rear-naked choke. But Pettis would fend him off and survive to see a second frame. From there, Pettis technical mastery and greater output won out. He was particularly dominant in round three, where he landed several clean head kicks and crackling counter right hands. Pettis was awarded with a unanimous decision for his impressive performance.

The co-main event saw an exciting scrap between action-minded strawweights Alexa Grasso and Randa Markos. Grasso used sharper striking and defense in rounds one and three, while Markos took the second with several takedowns from caught kicks. The first and third rounds were close, but the native Mexican took home the split decision victory for her work.

See how MMA Twitter reacted to these exciting battles:

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Sergio Pettis Survives Early Scare To Defeat Brandon Moreno

Sergio Pettis (16-2) overcame adversity in the first round to dictate the pace against Brandon Moreno (14-4). The main event of UFC Fight Night 114 featured a flyweight clash between Pettis and Moreno. The two met inside the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico. Moreno missed a leg kick early, but landed it on […]

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Sergio Pettis (16-2) overcame adversity in the first round to dictate the pace against Brandon Moreno (14-4).

The main event of UFC Fight Night 114 featured a flyweight clash between Pettis and Moreno. The two met inside the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico.

Moreno missed a leg kick early, but landed it on the second attempt. He caught a kick and dumped his opponent to the mat. He took the back of Pettis. The defense of Pettis made it difficult for Moreno to locked in the choke. Nonetheless, Moreno’s control was top-notch. He took the round easily.

Moreno was feeling confident at the start of the second stanza. A spinning heel kick was blocked by Moreno. Pettis caught a kick, but didn’t want to go to the ground with his opponent. Pettis took a risk with his head kicks, but Moreno had top control. Pettis used a submission attempt to get back on his feet.

A kick was caught by Moreno. Not much action was going on, just Moreno being awkward. He landed a leg kick and got out of the way of punches. The round later ended.

Pettis caught a body kick, but was smart to the ground game of his opponent. A head kick followed by a right hand caught his opponent clean. Pettis stuffed a takedown attempt. Pettis was finding his groove. A hard right hand found the jaw of Moreno.

The fourth round began and a poke to Moreno’s eye called a halt to the bout. The fight resumed shortly after. Moreno was much more aggressive on the feet than he had been. Blood kept trickling down the side of Moreno’s face. The round ended with Moreno catching a kick and getting a takedown.

A counter punch landed for Pettis early in the final round. Moreno scored a takedown. Moreno maintained solid control. Pettis shook him off and the fight returned standing. Pettis landed a right hand. The final horn sounded with both men swinging.

Pettis was awarded the unanimous decision win.

Final Result: Sergio Pettis def. Brandon Moreno via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-46, 48-46)

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