Anne Wood vs Alexa Grasso
Mateus Nikolau vs David Dvořák
Jane Brakovic vs Alexander Rakić
Askar Askalo vs Kay Carla Frans
Michelle Watson vs Amanda Ribas
Sarah McMan vs Carol Rosa
Matt Brown vs Brian Barberena
Due to viviane Araujo's retirement from injury, it has now been confirmed that Scottish Muay Thai queen Joan Wood will play against Mexican rising star Alexa Grasso, and the match will start on March 27, Beijing time, in the 205th episode of the UFC Fighting Night in Columbus, usa, and there will be a new flyweight showdown on the same day, Brazilian rising star Mateus Nikolau against Czech rookie David Dvořák.
Anne Wood (15-7, 5 K, 1 S) is 35 years old and has a height of 168cm arm span of 166cm. Coming from Muay Thai, she has a (19-2) kickboxing record, having won IKF, WKL, ISKA and WBC Muay Thai titles, started her professional MMA career in 2012, entered the UFC with a (8-0) result in the TIF Ultimate Fighter Selection in 2014, and has achieved a (7-7) result in the UFC so far. After being defeated in the first set by Jennifer Maia in 2020, she beat Jessica Eye in Points in January 2021. After a recent two-game losing streak to Lauren Murphy in June, he was just defeated by Taila Santos in the first set in November. Wood is currently ranked 7th in the UFC's official rankings for women's flyweights.
Alexa Grasso (13-3, 4 K, 0 S) is 28 years old and has a height of 165cm and an arm span of 168cm. He started his professional MMA career in 2012 and joined the UFC in 2016 with a (8-0) result, and has achieved a (5-3) result in the UFC so far. After being defeated in the first set by Tatiana Suarez in 2018, she defeated Karolina Kowalkiewicz in June 2019 and Carla Esparza in September. The most recent two-game winning streak, the 2020 points win over Ji Yeon Kim, just after a points win over Maycee Barber last February. Grasso is currently 11th in the UFC official rankings for women's flyweights.
Mateus Niccolao (17-2-1, 4 K, 5 S) is 29 years old and has a height of 168cm and an arm span of 168cm. He began his professional MMA career in 2010 and entered the UFC tournament in 2015 with a (10-1-1) result and three consecutive wins, playing a three-game winning streak, but then lost the first KO by Dustin Ortiz in the fourth game. Leaving the octagon in 2019 to win two straight in other races, he returned to the UFC last year with a (15-2-1) result and recently two straight wins, beating Manel Kape and Tim Elliott in March and October. Niccolao is currently ranked 8th in the UFC official rankings in the order of flies.
David Dvořák (20-3, 8 K, 8 S) is 29 years old and has a height of 165cm with an arm span of 173cm. He started his professional MMA career in 2010 and joined the UFC in 2020 with a (17-3) result and 13 consecutive wins, and has so far won three consecutive games in the UFC, beating Bruno Gustavo Da Silva and Jordan Espinosa in the first leg last May, and just surrendered Juancamilo in the first leg last May Ronderos）。 Dvořák is currently ranked 10th in the official UFC flyweight.
The headline main event was former UFC light heavyweight champion Jane Brakovic (28-9, 8 K, 9 S) against Australian rising star Alexander Rakić (14-2, 9 K, 1 S). Other squads include Russia's unbeaten thug Askar Askaloff (14-0-1, 4 K, 7 S) against rising star Kay Carla Frans (23-9, 11 K, 3 S, 1 N). "Karate Spice Girls" Michel Watson (18-9, 3 K, 9 S) against Brazilian rising star Amanda Ribas (11-2, 3 K, 4 S). Sarah McMan (12-6, 1 K, 5 S) vs Carol Rosa (15-3, 4 K, 2 S). Matt Brown (23-18, 15 K, 6 S) vs Brian Barberena (16-8, 10 K, 2 S).
Match Match Chart:
Light Heavyweight Competition:
Jan Blachowicz (#1) vs. Aleksandar Rakic (#3)
Flyweight Competition:
Askar Askarov (#2) vs. Kai Kara France (#6)
Women's FlyWeight Competition:
Joanne Wood (#7) vs. Alexa Grasso (#11)
Matheus Nicolau (#8) vs. David Dvorak (#10)
Women's GrassWeight Competition:
Michelle Waterson (#9) vs. Amanda Ribas (#10)
Women's Welterweight Competition:
Sara McMann (#9) vs. Karol Rosa (#13)
Sub-middleweight competitions:
Matt Brown vs. Bryan Barberena
Featherweight Competition:
Seung Woo Choi vs. Tucker Lutz
Nate Landwehr vs. Lerone Murphy
Hatchweight Competition:
Batgerel Danaa vs. Montel Jackson
Middleweight Competition:
Aliaskhab Khizriev vs. Abusupiyan Magomedov