Deiveson Figueiredo Thinks He’ll Retire Joseph Benavidez At UFC Norfolk

Deiveson Figueiredo has pulled out his crystal ball and he sees retirement looming for Joseph Benavidez. This Saturday night (Feb. 29), Figueiredo and Benavidez will share the Octagon for the vacant UFC flyweight championship. The title was vacated aft…

Deiveson Figueiredo has pulled out his crystal ball and he sees retirement looming for Joseph Benavidez. This Saturday night (Feb. 29), Figueiredo and Benavidez will share the Octagon for the vacant UFC flyweight championship. The title was vacated after it became clear that Henry Cejudo would stay focused on the bantamweight division. This will be […]

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Deiveson Figueiredo ‘Surprised’ To Be Fighting For UFC Flyweight Title

Deiveson Figueiredo didn’t expect to be fighting for the undisputed flyweight title. In the main event of UFC Norfolk, Figueiredo will battle Joseph Benavidez for the vacant strap. Yet, he didn’t think Henry Cejudo would vacate the belt so …

Deiveson Figueiredo didn’t expect to be fighting for the undisputed flyweight title. In the main event of UFC Norfolk, Figueiredo will battle Joseph Benavidez for the vacant strap. Yet, he didn’t think Henry Cejudo would vacate the belt so he thought this fight would be for the interim title. When he found out that he […]

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UFC Norfolk Poster Officially Released

The UFC Norfolk poster has officially been released ahead of the February 29 event from the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia. In the main event of the night, Joseph Benavidez will take on Deiveson Figueiredo for the vacant flyweight championship. Benavidez enters the card on a three-fight win streak, winning two via TKO. As for […]

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The UFC Norfolk poster has officially been released ahead of the February 29 event from the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.

In the main event of the night, Joseph Benavidez will take on Deiveson Figueiredo for the vacant flyweight championship. Benavidez enters the card on a three-fight win streak, winning two via TKO. As for Figueiredo, he is on a two-fight win streak after suffering the first and only loss on his mixed martial arts (MMA) career, his latest bout resulting in a submission win over Tim Elliott in October.

Now, the Las Vegas-based MMA promotion has released the official UFC Norfolk poster on their Instagram ahead of the event. You can check it out, along with the current card for the show, here below.

UFC Norfolk

Main Card (ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)

  • Joseph Benavidez vs. Deiveson Figueiredo – for vacant flyweight title
  • Zarah Fairn vs. Felicia Spencer
  • Grant Dawson vs. Chas Skelly
  • Megan Anderson vs. Norma Dumont
  • Brendan Allen vs. Tom Breese
  • Kyler Phillips vs. Gabriel Silva

Preliminary Card (ESPN+, 5 p.m. ET)

  • Magomed Ankalaev vs. Ion Cutelaba
  • Serghei Spivac vs. Marcin Tybura
  • Giga Chikadze vs. Mike Davis
  • Aalon Cruz vs. Steven Peterson
  • T.J. Brown vs. Jordan Griffin
  • Sean Brady vs. Ismail Naurdiev
  • Alex Munoz vs. Luis Pena

What do you think about the UFC Norfolk poster? What do you think about the card?

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Three Fights Added To UFC Norfolk

UFC Norfolk continues to take shape. The promotion returns to Norfolk on February 29 for UFC on ESPN+ 27. And the latest additions to the card are highlighted by a heavyweight bout featuring Sergey Spivac and Marcin Tybura. Spivac recently earned the biggest win of his career when he submitted Tai Tuivasa at UFC 243 […]

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UFC Norfolk continues to take shape.

The promotion returns to Norfolk on February 29 for UFC on ESPN+ 27. And the latest additions to the card are highlighted by a heavyweight bout featuring Sergey Spivac and Marcin Tybura.

Spivac recently earned the biggest win of his career when he submitted Tai Tuivasa at UFC 243 back in October. Tybura, meanwhile, will look to end a two-fight losing skid. The Polish heavyweight is coming off TKO losses to Shamil Abdurakhimov and Augusto Sakai.

Other additions to UFC Norfolk include a lightweight bout between Giga Chikadze and Mike Davis as well as a light heavyweight bout between Magomed Ankalaev and Ion Cutelaba.

UFC Norfolk will be headlined by Joseph Benavidez and Deiveson Figueiro as they collide for the vacant flyweight strap.

Here is how the card looks as of now:

  • Joseph Benavidez vs. Deiveson Figueiredo – vacant flyweight title fight
  • Megan Anderson vs. Norma Dumont
  • Brendan Allen vs. Tom Breese
  • Zarah Fairn vs. Felicia Spencer
  • T.J. Brown vs. Jordan Griffin
  • Kyler Phillips vs. Gabriel Silva
  • Aalon Cruz vs. Steven Peterson
  • Sean Brady vs. Ismail Naurdiev
  • Giga Chikadze vs. Mike Davis
  • Sergey Spivac vs. Marcin Tybura
  • Magomed Ankalaev vs. Ion Cutelaba

What do you think of the UFC Norfolk card so far?

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Mickey Gall vs. Alex Oliveira Removed From UFC Norfolk

The UFC has announced that the welterweight scrap between Mickey Gall and Alex Oliveira at UFC Norfolk has been canceled. The fight will not be replaced. UFC Norfolk will go down from the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia on February 29. The show will be headlined by a bout for the vacant flyweight title between […]

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The UFC has announced that the welterweight scrap between Mickey Gall and Alex Oliveira at UFC Norfolk has been canceled. The fight will not be replaced.

UFC Norfolk will go down from the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia on February 29. The show will be headlined by a bout for the vacant flyweight title between Joseph Benavidez and Deiveson Figueiredo. There was no reason given as to why Gall vs. Oliveira was canceled. The fight was only announced less than two weeks ago. It’s the second fight that Gall has had called off after his fight with Carlos Condit at UFC DC fell through.

Check out the updated UFC Norfolk card below.

UFC Norfolk Card:

  • Flyweight: Joseph Benavidez vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
  • Women’s featherweight: Megan Anderson vs. Norma Dumont Viana
  • Middleweight: Brendan Allen vs. Tom Breese
  • Featherweight: Jordan Griffin vs. T.J. Brown
  • Women’s featherweight: Felicia Spencer vs. Zarah Fairn dos Santos
  • Featherweight: Steven Peterson vs. Aalon Cruz
  • Bantamweight: Gabriel Silva vs. Kyler Phillips

What do you think about Gall and Oliveira being removed from UFC Norfolk?

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Deiveson Figueiredo Plans To ‘Kill’ Joseph Benavidez In Flyweight Title Fight

A new king of the flyweights will be crowned in the UFC come February. After it was announced that Henry Cejudo had been stripped of the 125-pound strap, the UFC subsequently booked a bout for the vacant title between Deiveson Figueiredo and Joseph Benavidez. The fight will headline UFC Norfolk in Virginia on February 29. […]

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A new king of the flyweights will be crowned in the UFC come February.

After it was announced that Henry Cejudo had been stripped of the 125-pound strap, the UFC subsequently booked a bout for the vacant title between Deiveson Figueiredo and Joseph Benavidez. The fight will headline UFC Norfolk in Virginia on February 29. Both men were first scheduled to fight at the canceled UFC 233 card this past January.

However, the card was rescheduled, but the rescheduled date was earlier than the first and too early for Figueiredo to stay in his fight with Benavidez. This led to some criticism from Benavidez. Now that both men are booked to fight again, Figueiredo is looking forward to making Benavidez eat his words – and with a title on the line nonetheless. (H/T MMA Fighting)

“It’s time to make this guy swallow everything he said about me,” said Figueiredo. “Benavidez is a phenom. I’ve watched this guy fight even before I got in the UFC, so it’s an honor for me to fight someone like him. I can’t underestimate him. He’s really tough. I have to go there to kill this guy. There’s no respect inside the Octagon. I’m going there to kill him and get what’s mine.”

As for how Figueiredo sees the fight going, he wants to knock Benavidez out.

“I want to knock this guy out,” Figueiredo said. “I won’t do any gesture that might offend him after the fight. Our war is in there. After that, we’re cool. I’ll just celebrate my victory.”

Who are you picking in Benavidez vs. Figueiredo for the vacant title?

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