UFC Fight Night 169 Benavidez vs. Figueiredo complete fight card

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UFC Fight Night 169 Benavidez vs. Figueiredo sees the Flyweight title on the line but there are some interesting clashes on the fight card

Joseph Benavidez vs Deiveson Figueiredo is the main fight ahead of UFC Fight Night 169 which will be held at Norfolk, Virginia.

The PPV takes place on 29 February 2020 and sees two of the best Flyweights in the UFC go head to head.

Joseph Benavidez Forbes
Joseph Benavidez is one of the most experienced MMA fighters in the world (Forbes)

However, there are several quality clashes on the cards and this should be another amazing UFC event.

As with most UFC PPVs, the fight card is split into the Preliminary and the Main card. The Preliminary one sees some rising stars get a chance to shine and there are seven fights setup for UFC Fight Night 169.

UFC Fight Night 169: Preliminary card

The Prelim card features a mix of weight classes with two Featherweight clashes, one Welterweight, one Bantamweight, one Lightweight one Middleweight and one Heavyweight clash.

Bantamweight Gabriel Silva

vs.

 Kyler Phillips
Middleweight Brendan Allen

vs.

 Tom Breese
Heavyweight Marcin Tybura

vs.

 Sergey Spivak
Lightweight Luis Pena

vs.

 Steve Garcia
Featherweight Jordan Griffin

vs.

 T.J. Brown
Featherweight Aalon Cruz

vs.

 Spike Carlyle
Welterweight Ismail Naurdiev

vs.

 Sean Brady

There is a healthy mix of experience and youth in all the fights with the likes of Luis Pena, Steve Garcia, Ismail Naurdiev and Marcin Tybura all looking to impress on the Prelim card.

Deiveson Figueiredo UFC
Deiveson Figueiredo has only lost one fight in his MMA career (UFC)

Surprisingly, there isn’t a female bout in the UFC Fight Night 169 Prelim card.

UFC Fight Night 169: Main card

The Main card sees five mega bouts with two female clashes too. Two women’s Featherweight clashes are on the card while there is another Featherweight, Flyweight and Light Heavyweight clash to look forward too.

Flyweight Joseph Benavidez

vs.

 Deiveson Figueiredo
Women’s Featherweight Felicia Spencer

vs.

 Zarah Fairn dos Santos
Light Heavyweight Ion Cuțelaba

vs.

 Magomed Ankalaev
Women’s Featherweight Megan Anderson

vs.

 Norma Dumont Viana
Featherweight Grant Dawson

vs.

 Darrick Minner

The main clash that everyone is looking forward to is Benavidez vs Figueiredo.

Figueiredo has just one loss to his name from 18 MMA bouts but Benavidez has a lot of experience going into this and is ranked as the #1 Flyweight in the UFC.

Ion Cuțelaba taking on Magomed Ankalaev should be another cracking affair. Ankalaev also has just one loss to his name so far in his career and has 13 wins to his name.

Megan Anderson Fight Night 169 fight card
Megan Anderson celebrates a win in the UFC (Getty Images)

Canadian star Felicia Spencer is another star that has just one loss to her name. She goes against Zarah Fairn dos Santos and would be looking to pick up her eighth MMA win, after losing to Cris Cyborg in her previous bout.

Megan Anderson will also be looking for to continue her mini winning streak against Norma Dumont Viana. She beat Dos Santos in the last bout but Viana will not be easy opposition.

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