featherweight

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Recent Examples of featherweight Take Bryce Mitchell, for instance, a 30-year-old UFC featherweight star from Arkansas. Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025 The 145-pound scrap will crown the next UFC featherweight champion. Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025 Jean Silva Bryce Mitchell (17-2) was 9-0 and coming off a defense of the V3 Fights featherweight title when Mitchell appeared on The Ultimate Fighter reality show. Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 The winner of that contest takes home the vacant UFC featherweight title. Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for featherweight
Recent Examples of Synonyms for featherweight
Noun
  • Stay cool with clothing: Select lightweight and loose-fitting outfits for enhanced comfort.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025
  • Keep scrolling for more of our favorite lightweight and cooling quilts and comforters from Amazon, starting at $30.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • The two middleweights face off in Newark on the pay-per-view portion of the UFC 316 fight card.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • Nevertheless, McCallum won world titles at super welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • In the co-main event of UFC 317, UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja will defend his title against Kai Kara-France.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • In the main event of the UFC Des Moines fight card, former interim UFC bantamweight title challenger Cory Sandhagen faced ex-UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo in a 135-pound matchup.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • Gastelum dropped to welterweight for his next UFC fight.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • Nevertheless, McCallum won world titles at super welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Pena, sitting at No. 3 in the women’s bantamweight rankings, earned a shot at Amanda Nunes and her bantamweight title in December 2021.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • Mix competes in the bantamweight division, which Georgian champion Merab Dvalishvili leads.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025

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“Featherweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/featherweight. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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