UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs Figueiredo
Feb 29, 2020
Chartway Arena
Norfolk, Virginia

 

UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs Figueiredo Results

 

Fight Card Ranking (strength of card on paper based on our exclusive Pound for Pound fighter rankings)

7,825 – best in recent memory (but basically only because of title fight)

UFC Fight Night cards range between 3,200-9,900 points, with an average card ranking 6,200

 

(click on fighter’s name for detailed scouting report)

(fighter ranking based on our exclusive Performance Based Ranking system – click fighter’s rank to check out the list)

 

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Main Card (ESPN+ – 8:00 pm Eastern)

UFC Flyweight Championship:
Joseph Benavidez   (28-5, #1 ranked flyweight) vs
Deiveson Figueiredo   (17-1, #4 ranked flyweight) **WINNER VIA TKO (PUNCHES) – ROUND 2 (1:54)

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Women’s Featherweights:
Felicia Spencer   (7-1, #19 ranked women’s feather/bantamweight) **WINNER VIA TKO (PUNCHES & ELBOWS) – ROUND 1 (3:37)
vs Zarah Fairn dos Santos  (6-3, #27 ranked women’s feather/bantamweight)

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Light Heavyweights:
Ion Cutelaba   (15-4, 1 NC, #17 ranked light heavyweight) vs
Magomed Ankalaev   (12-1, #27 ranked light heavyweight) **WINNER VIA TKO (PUNCHES) – ROUND 1 (0:38)

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Women’s Featherweights:
Megan Anderson   (10-4, #11 ranked women’s feather/bantamweight) **WINNER VIA KO (PUNCH) – ROUND 1 (3:31)
vs Norma Dumont   (16-6-1)

PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT

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Featherweights:
Grant Dawson   (14-1, #29 ranked featherweight) **WINNER VIA SUBMISSION (REAR NAKED CHOKE) – ROUND 2 (1:38)
vs Darrick Minner   (23-10)

 

Prelims (ESPN+ – 5:00 pm Eastern)

Bantamweights:
Kyler Phillips   (6-1) **WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
vs Gabriel Silva   (8-1, #58 ranked bantamweight)

FIGHT OF THE NIGHT

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Middleweights:
Brendan Allen   (13-3, #29 ranked middleweight) **WINNER VIA TKO (ELBOWS & PUNCHES) – ROUND 1 (4:47)
vs Tom Breese  (11-1, #22 ranked middleweight)

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Heavyweights:
Marcin Tybura   (17-6, #15 ranked heavyweight) **WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
vs Sergey Spivak   (10-1, #25 ranked heavyweight)

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Lightweights:
Luis Pena   (7-2, #33 ranked lightweight) **WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
vs Steve Garcia   (10-3)

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Featherweights:
Jordan Griffin   (17-7, #64 ranked featherweight) **WINNER VIA SUBMISSION (GUILLOTINE CHOKE) – ROUND 2 (3:38)
vs TJ Brown   (14-6)

PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT

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Featherweights:
Aalon Cruz   (8-2) vs
Spike Carlyle   (8-1) **WINNER VIA TKO (ELBOWS & PUNCHES) – ROUND 1 (1:25)

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Welterweights:
Sean Brady   (11-0, #63 ranked welterweight) **WINNER VIA UNANIMOUS DECISION (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
vs Ismail Naurdiev   (19-3, #31 ranked welterweight)

 

 

 

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