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Recent Examples of featherweight
The winner of that contest will leave the arena as the UFC featherweight champion.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
That run earned him an opportunity to face Yair Rodriguez for the interim UFC featherweight title in February 2023.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Former police officer Tiara Brown became WBC world featherweight champion by beating Skye Nicolson in a split-decision victory on Saturday in Australia.
—CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
Boxing update San Diego featherweight Julius Ballo, a former national Golden Gloves champion, withdrew from Saturday’s fight card at Sycuan Casino due to a hand injury.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
That run earned him an opportunity to face Yair Rodriguez for the interim UFC featherweight title in February 2023.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Former police officer Tiara Brown became WBC world featherweight champion by beating Skye Nicolson in a split-decision victory on Saturday in Australia.
—CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
Boxing update San Diego featherweight Julius Ballo, a former national Golden Gloves champion, withdrew from Saturday’s fight card at Sycuan Casino due to a hand injury.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for featherweight
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After knocking out Charles Jourdain in late June, the 27-year-old moved up to lightweight to face hard-hitting Drew Dober on the main card of UFC Denver.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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These lightweight, unisex glasses come in four different shades and provide polarization as well as 100 percent UVA and UVB protection.—
Jillian Dara,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2025
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Another change is that eight weight divisions are competing rather than six: heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight bantamweight, and women's flyweight.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The Brazilian middleweight handed Petrosyan a second-round submission defeat via a slick armbar.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Another change is that eight weight divisions are competing rather than six: heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight bantamweight, and women's flyweight.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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However, in June 2024, Johnson dropped down to flyweight to face hard-charging contender Asu Almabayev.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Marilyn Badillo Fight Card Gabriela Fundora vs Marilyn Badillo: Flyweight, for the undisputed title Charles Conwell v Jorge Garcia: Super welterweight Tristan Kalkreuth vs TBA: Cruiserweight Joel Iriarte vs Marcos Jimenez: Welterweight Ruslan Abdullaev vs TBA: Super lightweight Gabriela Fundora Vs.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Visitors for Como games over the past few seasons have included Kate Beckinsale, Hugh Grant, Andrew Garfield, UFC welterweight Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson, Claudio Gentile, Jamie Vardy and UK rappers Aitch and Krept & Konan.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Shevchenko won that bantamweight fight by split decision.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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In the bantamweight main event, Song Yadong defeated former two-division champion Henry Cejudo via technical decision after an eye poke left Cejudo unable to continue.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Featherweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/featherweight. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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