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Lupita Godinez has envisioned getting the UFC call for quite some time. Little did she know she wouldn’t be able to enjoy it.
Godinez (5-0) is stepping in as a short notice replacement to face Jessica Penne this Saturday at UFC Vegas 24. The strawweight bout will take place at the APEX and will be Penne’s first in nearly four years.
“Loopy” earned her opportunity after capturing the LFA strawweight title in a majority decision victory over Contender Series alum Vanessa Demopolous at October’s LFA 94. The Canadian fighter had to leave her home country the day after getting the call and headed out to Denver to train with Elevation Fight Team ahead of the bout.
UFC Fight Night Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum: Live updates and results
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Tony Gravely stops Anthony Birchak in Round 2 (0:32)
Tony Gravely drops Anthony Birchak in Round 2 and finishes him off with punches to win his bout at UFC Fight Night. (0:32)
April was always going to be a defining month for the UFC s middleweight division, although we ve certainly encountered a few curveballs to get here.
Former champion Robert Whittaker (22-5) faces Kelvin Gastelum (17-6) on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. It s a crucial main event at 185 pounds, and it comes just one week after Marvin Vettori, another contender in the division, defeated Kevin Holland in a five-round main event.
Welcome to F4WOnline.com s live coverage of UFC on ESPN 22: Whittaker vs. Gastelum, emanating from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Octagon remains home in Las Vegas for another week of exciting fights, and a card headlined by a fight we were supposed to see in the past that never actually happened in what should be an intriguing fight.
Former UFC Middleweight Champion Robert Whittaker looks to secure himself a chance at regaining that title when he takes on Kelvin Gastelum in the main event. These two were supposed to fight at UFC 234 in February 2019, when Whittaker was the champion, but the fight was cancelled on the day of the show after Whittaker had to have emergency hernia surgery. After both went down separate paths, the opportunity to fight has now come full circle after Gastelum replaced Paulo Costa in this bout.
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Call it a socially-distanced calm before the back-to-normal storm. The UFC cranked out one last crowd-free show in the Nevada desert on Saturday night before packing up the octagonal circus and heading east for a pay-per-view show in Jacksonville, Fla..