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Click To Subscribe To LowKick on YouTube DOB: March 22nd, 1967 Gym: Nova Uniao Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Martial Arts Background: Jiu Jitsu MMA Record: 1-1 Notable Fighters: Jose Aldo, Renan Barao, Eduardo Dantes, BJ Penn Contents1 Pederneiras’ beginnings in martial arts2 Pederneiras opens his own academy3 Pederneiras co-founder of Nova União4 Pederneiras begins …

MMA Fighting Share this story Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Poliana Botelho signed a contract to face Ji Yeon Kim at UFC Vegas 25 on May 1, and then said “yes” to the UFC when Maya Bueno Silva was offered as a replacement. In the end, Botelho will be sharing the octagon with Luana Carolina, who took the spot after “Sheetara” suffered a back injury. “It looks like I’ve done three fights already,” Botelho laughed during an interview with MMA Fighting. “We study every fi...

The UFC returns to broadcast television for the first time in 2016. UFC on Fox 18: Johnson vs. Bader takes place at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on Saturday, Jan. 30. The promotion is hoping to build on two incredible championship main events — welterweight champ Robbie Lawler eked out a controversial split decision win over Carlos Condit at UFC 195 and new UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz topped T.J. Dillashaw in a closely contested striking battle at UFC Fight Night 81 —...

Out of Obscurity: Fight Time 29, Cage 34 and Shooto Brazil 61 Every week, Combat Press takes a look at three regional, developmental or international cards from the upcoming weekend, previewing from each a single fight to which people should pay close attention. We will also list other significant bouts from the card, as well as information on how to follow each promotion and watch the events. Let’s discover those prospects that fight in the obscurity of the regional, developmental and intern...

Welcome to year eight of the annual “Prospects the UFC Should Sign” series, in which we’ll examine five MMA prospects per division the UFC should sign in the upcoming year. This series started during my time as a writer for Bleacher Report, continued through my tenures at Today’s Knockout and FanSided, and now it stays alive another year here at Combat Press. Let’s examine the featherweight division, a weight class that is loaded with good, young talent. Advertisement In picking these...

After the most tumultuous year in the organization’s history, the final UFC event of 2020 — UFC on ESPN+ 42 — is upon us at last. With the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it is a safe bet that the early fight cards of 2021 will struggle with the same scheduling difficulties as the events of 2020, but the UFC closes the year with a card filled with rising stars and grisled veterans. The headlining affair was slated to pit breakout phenom Khamzat Chimaev against Leon Edwards, but a...

For the second time in three weeks — and the third time since the new ESPN deal went into effect — a championship fight sits atop the marquee of a non-pay-per-view event. This weekend, at UFC on ESPN+ 15 in China, strawweight champion Jessica Andrade looks to defend her title for the first time when she goes up against rising star Weili Zhang. Andrade captured the title at UFC 237, where she knocked out Rose Namajunas with a brutal slam that showed fans why she has earned the nickname “Ba...