Rob Fonte vs Marlon Villa
Jessica Payne vs Luna Pinheiro
Antonina Shepchenko vs Kotney Cathy
The UFC Fighting Night 208 tournament will be held in Las Vegas, beijing time on May 1, and the headline main match of the day has been determined, with Rob Fonte against Marlon Villa.
Rob Fonte (19-5, 8 K, 4 S) is 34 years old and has a height of 173cm with an arm span of 182cm. He began his professional MMA career in 2011, won the CES badmintonweight championship in 2013 and defended the title once, joined the UFC in 2014 with a (10-1) result and nine consecutive wins, and has achieved (9-4) results in the UFC so far. He has won four straight since losing to Raphael Assuncao in 2018, with TKO Marlon Moraes in the first set of 2020 and a point win over Cody Garbrandt in May 2021. Unfortunately, just lost to Jose Aldo in December last year, Fonte is currently ranked 5th in the official UFC rankings.
Marlon Vera (18-7-1, 7 K, 8 S) is 29 years old and has a height of 173cm with an arm span of 179cm. He started his professional MMA career in 2012 and joined the UFC in 2014 with a score of (6-1-1) and has achieved (12-6) results in the UFC so far. Having beaten China's Ning Guangyou and Wuli Jiburen, he played a five-game winning streak from 2018 to 2019, but his winning streak ended in May 2020, TKO's Sean O'Malley in the first set in August, and his December point loss to Jose Aldo. With a recent two-game winning streak, last June's point-point victory over Davey Grant and just ko Frankie Edgar in the third inning in November, Villa is currently ranked 8th in the official UFCweight.
There are also two high-profile women's showdowns in the tournament, with Veteran Jessica Payne (14-5, 2 K, 8 S) against Brazilian rising star Luna Pinheiro (10-1, 2 K, 5 S). Antonina Shepchenko (9-4, 3 K, 1 S) vs. Cotteni Cathy (10-9, 3 K, 4 S).
Match Match Chart:
Hatchweight Competition:
Rob Font (#5) vs. Marlon Vera (#8)
Women's GrassWeight Competition:
Jessica Penne (#13) vs. Luana Pinheiro (#15)
Middleweight Competition:
Krzysztof Jotko vs. Gerald Meerschaert
Women's FlyWeight Competition:
Antonina Shevchenko vs. Cortney Casey
Heavyweight Competition:
Justin Tafa vs. Jake Collier
Gina Mazany vs. Shanna Young
Flyweight Competition:
Daniel da Silva vs. Francisco Figueiredo
Lightweight Competition:
Mike Breeden vs. Natan Levy
Sub-middleweight competitions:
Yohan Lainesse vs. Gabriel Green
Tatsuro Taira vs. Carlos Candelario
Featherweight Competition:
Darren Elkins vs. Tristan Connelly
Past interviews
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