Maycee Barber vs. Miranda Maverick set for UFC Fight Night in July Apr 7, 2021, 1:00pm EDT
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A prospect vs. prospect fight between two ranked flyweights is happening this summer.
Barber (8-2) made her promotional debut at UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodriguez in 2018, after making a successful appearance on Dana White’s Contender Series. There she met Hannah Cifers and earned a second-round technical knockout. The next fight for Barber saw her make the move from strawweight to flyweight for a fight against JJ Aldrich, who she also defeated by second-round technical knockout.
Aspen Ladd Shuts Down Nunes/Peña Talks, Wants To Fight Peña
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Aspen Ladd: It makes no sense for Julianna Pena to fight Amanda Nunes just because she s talking trash
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Listen to the latest UFC Unfiltered podcast featuring Kevin Holland & Max Griffin Mar. 16, 2021
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What s next for Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad after Saturday s controversial outcome? Jim and Matt discuss that and more on today s episode of UFC Unfiltered!
After Jim and Matt break down their favorite fights from UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs Muhammad, and when Matt finally stops saying Rani Yahya s name, Kevin Holland joins the show. He shares how he s been preparing for his first UFC main event against Derek Brunson this Saturday March 20th, explains how he enjoys trash talk from his opponents, runs through his plan to win both the UFC welterweight and middleweight titles, and gives a direct message to his opponent Derek Brunson.
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On this week’s episode of What the Heck, UFC middleweight Kevin Holland (4:32) previews his UFC Vegas 22 headliner with Derek Brunson this Saturday, discusses having an extended training camp for the first time in a while, the UFC 259 main event between Jan Blachowicz and Israel Adesanya, why he was indifferent about how the fight played out, his thoughts on Brunson’s recent run, the upcoming main events at 185 pounds in April, and whether or not he’s still thinking about a move to 170.
UFC bantamweight Aspen Ladd (28:30) provides an update on her recovery from a torn ACL and MCL she suffered this past June, when she is targeting a return, talks Amanda Nunes’ recent submission win over Megan Anderson, Julianna Pena calling for the next title shot, feeling like a fight between her and Pena makes the most sense, if she’d be interested in shaking things up by going up to 145 to fight Nunes for the featherweight title, and what