The UFC’s return to War Island continues this week with UFC on ESPN 16 (aka UFC War Island 4) featuring Holly Holm vs. Irene Aldana in Saturday’s most indispensable match.
There modified into as soon as exiguous by skill of drama from Friday’s weigh-ins, as all but one fighter made it to the scale internal of the first hour. Each fighter made weight.
Feeble UFC bantamweight champion Holm weighed 136 kilos, which is the upper limit for her bantamweight non-title headliner.
Interestingly, it modified into as soon as Aldana who modified into as soon as the lone fighter that had yet to weigh in because the minutes ticked away in the two-hour window. She didn’t opt up the suspense for lengthy, however, also weighing 136 kilos with about 40 minutes left on the clock.
Continuously competing on the head end of both the bantamweight and featherweight divisions, Holm continues to utilize a stare at and fetch her skill lend a hand to yet any other title shot.
Aldana has fought for a title twice in her occupation, as soon as below the Jungle Fights banner and over yet again for Invicta FC, but hasn’t come house with gold. She hopes to notch a utilize over Holm and propel herself into a region to change her fortunes with a shot on the UFC title.
The card also facets the return of outmoded period in-between UFC welterweight champion Carlos Condit, who squares off with Courtroom McGee on the preliminary a part of the combat card.
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