One FC welterweight champion Ben Askren makes no bones about the fact he considers himself the world’s top 170-pounder.
And while he is not likely to get the chance to examine himself against the UFC’s greatest welterweights any time soon, among the most effective combatants outside the UFC at 170 is quite certain he is contractually clear to make this kind of fight.
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A set of expert welterweights looking for a success will collide at UFC 184.
With both fighters looking to snap three-fight losing streaks, Josh Koscheck and Jake Ellenberger will meet on Feb. 28 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Daily News broke news of the fight Tuesday.
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Top-ranked welterweights Matt Brown and Tarec Saffiedine are set to tangle on Feb. 14 in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Broomfield, Colorado. UFC President Dana White announced the match-up at Monday’s ‘The Time is Now’ press conference.
Brown (19-12), ranked No. 5 on the UFC’s media-generated welterweights rankings, looks to rebound after watching his remarkable seven-fight win streak meet its end with a unanimous decision loss against Robbie Lawler.
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Leonardo Santos won the second season of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil in 2013, but things might have done another way it if was not for a contentious fight that few people know about.
Among The greatest and most seasoned welterweights in the Brazilian MMA circuit, Luis Santos earned a shot in the reality show among 28 combatants. He was set to confront Team Nogueira’s Paulo Goncalves Dias in the preliminary fight, and scored a crushing first-round knockout. Nevertheless, his triumph never aired on Globo.
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In a battle of two welterweights in the UFC Octagon on Saturday in Stockholm, Sweden – one experienced but needing to reclaim lost position and another on the rise – it’d be the veteran who would edge out his opponent as Rick Story defeated Gunnar Nelson via split decision in the main event at UFC Fight Night 53.
The event aired on UFC Fight Pass.
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The second of two UFC events in one day takes over the evening on Saturday as the UFC makes its Halifax debut. The card is headlined by a clash of top welterweights while the co-main event features bantamweights on the short list for a future title shot. Canadian prospects of a variety of levels fill out much of the rest of the event.
What: UFC Fight Night 53 (UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story)
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