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The flyweight category has come to UFC


The first UFC event in March will be historical, as the organization enters the category of 125 pounds with two bouts to determine contenders flyweight first UFC. In the two battles, which will be part of the billboard March 3 event, former number one contender bantamweight Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson Ian McCall fight, and who was long at 135 Joseph Benavidez will also drop to 125 to face the Japanese Yasuhiro Urushitani. Considered by many as the best flyweight in the world today, the California native Ian McCall (11-2-0) finally found a home for the division of 125 pounds after competing with the best bantamweight in the world for years.

After a stint in the WEC, where he won a battle with a shocking KO of "Ox" Wheeler and endured all the rounds at bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz, the 27 year old McCall has four wins, a good card to get to the Octagon. The little ball of energy that has destroyed opponents in the WEC bantamweight division and UFC Demetrious Johnson (14-2) became the number one contender in 2011 with wins over "Kid" Yamamoto and Miguel Angel Torres. And although he lost his fight five rounds against the champion Cruz in October, the division allows the fly "Mighty Mouse" to compete on a level closer to their natural weight.

One of the world's top bantamweight Joseph Benavidez (15 - 2) is now looking to get gold in the 125 lbs. Winner of seven of nine fights for Zuffa (UFC WEC) being his only losses by close decision against bantamweight champion Cruz, Benavidez has defeated strong opponents like Eddie Wineland, Miguel Angel Torres, Rani Yahya, and Jeff Curran. He now has his sights set on dominating the flyweight elite. A Shooto bantamweight champion (123 pounds), Yasuhiro Urushitani (06/04/19) currently carries a streak of five straight wins, being the best he has achieved in its ten-year MMA career. Among his victories are those that had recent face The Ultimate Fighter participants John Dodson, Mamoru Yamaguchi, and Daniel Lima, and the fighter of 35 years has won its last two by way of KO.