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Amanda Nunes Expected to Face Raquel Pennington at UFC 224 in Brazil

UFC 224 just landed a title fight. Women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes is expected to return to action on May 12 where she will face Raquel Pennington at the upcoming pay-per-view card from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sources close to the cont…

UFC 224 just landed a title fight. Women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes is expected to return to action on May 12 where she will face Raquel Pennington at the upcoming pay-per-view card from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sources close to the contest confirmed that verbal agreements are in place for the title fight showdown with […]

Amanda Nunes’ Next Title Defense Set For UFC 224

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes will defend her belt against Raquel Pennington at UFC 224, Combate reported on Friday. Nunes (15-4) will be defending her belt for the first time on her home soil in Rio de Janeiro on May 12. The Brazilian is on a six-fight win streak, having violently taken the title […]

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UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes will defend her belt against Raquel Pennington at UFC 224, Combate reported on Friday.

Nunes (15-4) will be defending her belt for the first time on her home soil in Rio de Janeiro on May 12. The Brazilian is on a six-fight win streak, having violently taken the title from Miesha Tate before TKOing former champion Ronda Rousey in less than a minute, and will look to secure her third title defense against Pennington, who herself is on an impressive four-fight win streak.

Pennington (9-5) is coming off of a nasty leg injury due to a hunting accident following her dominant victory over Tate at UFC 205 in 2016. While talks of a super fight with UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg gained steam recently, it appears as though both women will be defending their belts separately before fighting each other.

Brazilian legends Lyoto Machida and Vitor Belfort will throw down elsewhere on the card, as well as Jacare Souza vs. Kelvin Gastelum.

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Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza vs. Kelvin Gastelum Set for UFC 224 in Brazil

A pivotal matchup between two top five ranked middleweights is headed to UFC 224 as Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza is set to meet Kelvin Gastelum on May 12 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The new fight was announced by UFC officials on Thursday night. N…

A pivotal matchup between two top five ranked middleweights is headed to UFC 224 as Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza is set to meet Kelvin Gastelum on May 12 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The new fight was announced by UFC officials on Thursday night. No. 1 contender match?@JacareMMA meets @KelvinGastelum at #UFC224 in Rio! ? https://t.co/tUT6UQSO5k pic.twitter.com/ac7Y1dmuTM […]

Jacare Souza vs. Kelvin Gastelum Set For UFC 224

Tonight (Feb. 22, 2018), the UFC confirmed that a pivotal middleweight fight between No. 2-ranked Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and No. 5-ranked Kelvin Gastelum will be taking place at UFC 222, which is set for May 12, 2018 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After suffering a brutal stoppage loss to divisional champion Robert Whittaker last April, […]

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Tonight (Feb. 22, 2018), the UFC confirmed that a pivotal middleweight fight between No. 2-ranked Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and No. 5-ranked Kelvin Gastelum will be taking place at UFC 222, which is set for May 12, 2018 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

After suffering a brutal stoppage loss to divisional champion Robert Whittaker last April, “Jacare” bounced back last month with an impressive TKO victory over Derek Brunson in the main event of UFC on FOX 27.

Gastelum, on the other hand, suffered a submission loss to Chris Weidman last July before viciously knocking out former champion Michael Bisping late last year in Shanghai, China.

UFC 224 currently does not have a main event. Originally, there were rumors indicating that the UFC was targeting a super fight between Brazilian champions Cris Cyborg and Amanda Nunes to headline the card, but Cyborg was recently booked to take on Yana Kunitskaya at UFC 222. There’s a possibility that Nunes could still headline the card, perhaps to defend her title against Raquel Pennington.

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Vitor Belfort Explains Why He’s Facing Lyoto Machida in Retirement Fight

Vitor Belfort still has designs on retiring following his next fight and it appears he couldn’t be any happier with the choice of opponents. Belfort was originally scheduled to compete in January in a middleweight showdown against Uriah Hall that…

Vitor Belfort still has designs on retiring following his next fight and it appears he couldn’t be any happier with the choice of opponents. Belfort was originally scheduled to compete in January in a middleweight showdown against Uriah Hall that was announced as the last of his career. Unfortunately, Hall suffered a brutal weight cut […]

Lyoto Machida & Vitor Belfort in Talks For UFC 224 Bout

We might get to see Lyoto Machida and Vitor Belfort trade leather this spring. MMAFighting.com is reporting that a middleweight clash between Machida and Belfort is in the works for UFC 224. The event takes place inside Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro…

We might get to see Lyoto Machida and Vitor Belfort trade leather this spring. MMAFighting.com is reporting that a middleweight clash between Machida and Belfort is in the works for UFC 224. The event takes place inside Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 12. This would be the last bout under Belfort’s UFC contract. “The Phenom” […]