Face Off! Benavidez Stares Down Too-Heavy ‘Daico’

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Longtime UFC flyweight contender, Joseph Benavidez, will battle top 125-pound bruiser, Deiveson Figueiredo, for the vacant flyweight title abandoned by Henry Cejudo when the promotion stages its UFC Fight Night 169 event on ESPN+ tomorrow night (Sat., Feb. 29, 2020) inside Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.

Figueiredo, however, will not be eligible to win the belt or receive a post-fight bonus after missing weight on Friday (more on that here).

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