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UFC 249 is the UFC’s return card and features only one bantamweight fight – between Ray Borg and Marlon Vera. This is on the preliminary card not on the main card. Since Dana White announced consecutive cards in the upcoming weeks, we take a look at the possible fights in the UFC bantamweight di...
There was talk of a match-up between the number two ranked bantamweight Aljamain Sterling and the man sitting at number four in the division Cory Sandhagen. TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter first reported the possible May 16 bout. With the world in dismay due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the UFC was forced to...
When Henry Cejudo defeated Marlon Moraes for the UFC bantamweight title, I was simultaneously impressed and confused by what I had just seen. For Cejudo to finish one of the sport’s most violent finishers, no matter how it happened, that is a phenomenal win to have on one’s record. On the other h...
Over the course of the last 10 months, Henry Cejudo has put together quite an impressive run of success. Last August, he picked up a closely fought split-decision victory over Demetrious Johnson to become the UFC flyweight champion. Five months later, he defended his 125-pound title with a 32-sec...
What are the top five fights to make after UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes?
On June 8th, Professor Calvin Kattar delivered another boxing lesson to the masses at UFC 238, utilizing #10 ranked featherweight contender, Ricardo Lamas, as his test subject. Analysts and pundits have been noting Kattar’s outstanding boxing technique for a while, and it seems with every victory...
The UFC 238 pay-per-view card has officially reached its conclusion. History was made, controversy was present, and aesthetic combat was bountiful. Let’s break down the main card fight-by-fight. UFC 238 Main Card Recap Henry Cejudo vs. Marlon Moraes Henry Cejudo is a man who has accomplished the ...
The UFC returns to Chicago, Illinois for one of their best cards of the year. In the main event, the vacant UFC men’s bantamweight championship will be on the line. The UFC’s flyweight champion, Henry Cejudo, will move up to 135 pounds for the first time since 2013. In his return to the bantamwei...
Who are the MMASucka staff picking to win on the main card of UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes?
UFC 238 is a 13-fight event filled with championship bouts, top contenders and rising prospects. The action begins with Katlyn Chookagian vs. Joanne Calderwood and concludes with the bantamweight title fight between Henry Cejudo and Marlon Moraes. Check out a rundown of every fight on the card be...
UFC 238 Walkout Songs The UFC returns to Chicago, IL this weekend with UFC 238! In the main event at the United Center, Henry Cejudo squares off against Marlon Moraes for the vacant UFC Bantamweight Championship. Below that, Valentina Schevchenko will defend her flyweight title against Jessica Ey...
28-year-old American phenom Tatiana Suarez is the strawweight division’s worst nightmare. At a solid 7-0, the TUF 23 champion has put the whole division on notice with her relentless wrestling style. Having defeated a former UFC champion in dominant fashion, we take a look at the career of Tatian...
UFC 238 is a star-studded affair which kicks off the Summer months and a few lucrative months of 2019. From the early prelims to the main card, intriguing matchups cover each slot. Battles between newly signed Muay Thai champion Grigory Popov and Eddie Wineland, the surging Chinese prospect Xiaon...
The UFC 238 main card will be headlined by one of the most evenly matched fights of the year. Henry Cejudo and Marlon Moraes are separated by the slightest of margins in terms of quality and in terms of their chances to triumph in this duel which guarantees a tight bout. Triumphing here is quite […]
An interesting matchup in the UFC’s strawweight division is currently in the works for the promotion’s return to Chicago late this Spring. Raphael Marinho of the Brazilian sports outlet Combate is reporting that the UFC is looking to book Felice Herrig opposite Yan Xiaonan at UFC 238 in June. Fel...
Earlier today, the UFC officially confirmed that Valentina Shevchenko (16-3) would be making the first defense of her 125-pound title against surging contender Jessica Eye (14-6-1). The fight is scheduled to take place at UFC 238 on June 8 from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Valentina Sh...