Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-07-19, great fight between Deiveson Figueiredo and Joseph Benavidez 2: it gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
The black belt in Bjj Deiveson Figueiredo entered this fight with a professional record of 18-1-0 (83% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.1 flyweight in the world. ‘Daico / Deus da Guerra’ Figueiredo suffered his first loss last year, against Jussier Formiga da Silva (Jussier Formiga da Silva vs Deiveson Figueiredo), but then he has won over Alexandre Pantoja (Alexandre Pantoja vs Deiveson Figueiredo), Tim Elliott (Deiveson Figueiredo vs Tim Elliott) and Joseph Benavidez in their first and last bout (Joseph Benavidez vs Deiveson Figueiredo I).
His opponent, Joseph Benavidez, has a mma record of 28-6-0 (61% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. Before losing to Figueiredo some months ago, he had beat Dustin Ortiz (Joseph Benavidez vs Dustin Ortiz 2) and Jussier Formiga da Silva in 2019 (Jussier Formiga da Silva vs Joseph Benavidez 2). Figueiredo vs Benavidez 2, main event of UFC Fight Night 172 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 30), is valid for the vacant Ufc flyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: UFC Fight Night 172: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2
Date: 2020-07-19
Where: UFC Fight Island, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Division: flyweight (125 lbs, 57 kg)
Title: vacant UFC Flyweight Championship
UFC Fight Night 172 fight card (main fights):
Deiveson Figueiredo vs Joseph Benavidez 2
Kelvin Gastelum vs Jack Hermansson
Alexandre Pantoja vs Askar Askarov
Montel Jackson vs Brett Johns
Figueiredo’s next fight: Deiveson Figueiredo vs Alex Perez
Benavidez’s next fight: Askar Askarov vs Joseph Benavidez
Figueiredo vs Benavidez 2 Fight Video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gLT8tTIvq8
Official video
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Official highlights
Just brutal. If I were to score that first round, it’d been 10-5.