UFC/MMA ‘Fighters of the Year’ 2020 - Top 5 List
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With COVID causing constant cancellations and rendering a whole heap of matchups infeasible, many martial artists struggled to see action at all, much less distinguish themselves from their compatriots. Still, a few managed to pull it off, so join us as we check out 2020’s “Fighters of the Year.”
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The Middleweight king and Flyweight queen were two of just three UFC champions to make the walk more than once this year, and for that alone they deserve recognition.
Fighter on Fighter: Breaking down UFC 256’s Deiveson Figueiredo
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Flyweight kingpin, Deiveison Figueiredo, will look to defend his title a second time opposite scrapper, Brandon Moreno, this Saturday (Dec. 12, 2020) at UFC 256 inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Figueiredo is looking to make history by defending his title twice in three weeks, but make no mistake, there’s a reason fighters and especially champions tend to take a bit of a break. There is an art to peaking on a specific date, and it’s greatly complicated by not having enough time to physically recover. Perhaps more vitally, “Daico” has struggled to make weight before; he’s a larger man than Moreno. Cutting beneath 125 pounds so often could definitely drain him, leaving him without as much of the explosion that makes him so deadly. At the same time, it’s also a ploy for greatness, an accomplishment that would see Figueiredo rise in fame and accla