Benoit pulled from UFC card after shaky weigh-in By www.espn.com - TOP
May 7, 2021 2:22 PM
The UFC has removed Ryan Benoit from this weekend’s Fight Night card after he failed to make weight and appeared severely dehydrated on the scales. ); } return false; }); $( #comments .commentlist .comment-content a ).attr( target , blank );
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UFC Vegas 26: Rodriguez vs. Waterson Weigh-In Results & Preview
May 7, 2021
The UFC Vegas 26 weigh-ins are complete. While the main card remains untouched, there were two fights pulled from the lineup.
Although every fight on the main card remains intact, there was still a miss from Diego Ferreira, who will be competing against Gregor Gillespie. Ferreira will be fined 30% of his purse, but the bout will go forward as planned. The same cannot be said for Ryan Benoit’s flyweight bout against Zarrukh Adashev. After Benoit weighed three pounds over the limit, he was ruled out of the bout. Additionally, Philipe Lens was not medically cleared to compete.
DraftKings MMA: UFC Vegas 26 Preview
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While a scheduled main event matchup between TJ Dillashaw and Cory Sandhagen has been dropped from the card, UFC matchmakers have been able to scrap together a strong event with multiple long-time veterans of the sport.
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MMA Best Bets: UFC Vegas 26
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The UFC is back at the Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada for a women s flyweight bout between Marina Rodriguez and Michelle Waterson in the main event of UFC Vegas 26 on May 8.
In this series of articles, I ll share my favorite play, an underdog pick, a prop and a two-fighter parlay I like. All lines are taken from William Hill online sportsbook and are accurate as of the post date of this article.
Weight Class: Heavyweight
This has the capability to be a very lackluster fight, but I still like Ben Rothwell to get the win.
UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Waterson Preview and Predictions
May 4, 2021
The game of musical chairs leading up to this week’s UFC event has come to an end, at least for now. After the original headlining bout between returning former bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw and rising star Cory Sandhagen was called off due to a cut Dillashaw suffered in training camp, a myriad of possible short-notice replacement bouts were potentially due to headline, but now the UFC has finally landed on one particular fight, and so we have
UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Waterson.
The namesakes for this card are strawweight ladies Marina Rodriguez and Michelle Waterson. Rodriguez enters this contest off the biggest win of her career, a TKO finish of Amanda Ribas in the second round of their showdown at UFC 257. The “Karate Hottie” also heads to the cage on the heels of a big victory, which came via split decision in a “Fight of the Night” performance against Angela Hill. As fate would