Light Heavyweight knockout artists to collide in UFC Vegas 38 headliner : Rashtra News
Former
light
heavyweight
title
challenger
Santos
(21-9,
fighting
out
of
Rio
de
Janeiro,
Brazil)
has
his
sights
set
on
turning
heads
with
another
vintage
finish.
Among
the
205-pound
division’s
most
devastating
strikers,
he
holds
KO
wins
over
Anthony
Smith,
Jimi
Manuwa
and
current
light
heavyweight
champion
Jan
Błachowicz.
Santos
now
hopes
to
fortify
his
position
among
the
best
in
the
world
by
adding
to
his
highlight
reel.
Dynamic
striker
Walker
(18-5,
fighting
out
of
Dublin,
Ireland
by
way
of
Rio
das
Ostras,
Brazil)
continues
to
prove
he’s
among
the
most
exciting
fighters
at
light
heavyweight.
A
contract
winner
on
Dana
White’s
Contender
Series:
Brazil,
he
has
since
delivered
spectacular
KO
victories
against
Ryan
Spann,
Misha
Cirkunov
and
Khalil
Rountree
Jr.,
and
now
he
goes
for
the
biggest
win
of
his
career
and
aims
to
add
a
former
title
challenger
to
his
resume.
Also
on
the
UFC
Vegas
38
card,
No.
3
ranked
women’s
bantamweight
contender
Aspen
Ladd
squares
off
with
No.
11
Macy
Chiasson.
Aggressive
finisher
Ladd
(9-1,
El
Dorado
Hills,
Calif.)
hopes
to
pick
up
where
she
left
off
following
a
2019
TKO
victory
over
fellow
contender
Yana
Kunitskaya.
During
her
UFC
run
she
has
also
netted
impressive
stoppage
wins
against
Tonya
Evinger
and
Lina
Länsberg.
Ladd
now
aims
to
remind
the
135-pound
division
that
she’s
more
dangerous
than
ever.
The
Ultimate
Fighter
season
28
winner
Chiasson
(8-1,
fighting
out
of
Dallas,
Texas
by
way
of
New
Orleans,
La.)
looks
to
make
the
most
of
her
first
UFC
co-main
event
opportunity.
Since
joining
the
UFC
roster
in
2018,
she
has
earned
notable
victories
against
Marion
Reneau,
Shanna
Young
and
Sarah
Moras.
Chiasson
is
now
gunning
for
the
biggest
win
of
her
career
to
crack
the
bantamweight
top
five.
Additional
bouts
on
the
card
include:
•
No.
14
ranked
middleweight
contender
Kevin
Holland
(21-7,
fighting
out
of
Fort
Worth,
Texas)
goes
for
another
highlight-reel
finish
when
he
takes
on
Kyle
Daukaus
(10-2,
fighting
out
of
Philadelphia,
Penn.).
•
Alex
Oliveira
(22-10-1
2NC,
fighting
out
of
Tres
Rios,
Rio
de
Janeiro,
Brazil)
meets
Niko
Price
(14-6
2NC,
fighting
out
of
Cape
Coral,
Fla.)
in
a
welterweight
bout
guaranteed
to
deliver
action.
•
No.
13
ranked
light
heavyweight
contender
Misha
Cirkunov
(15-6,
fighting
out
of
Toronto,
Ontario,
Canada)
makes
his
middleweight
debut
against
Krzysztof
Jotko
(22-5,
fighting
out
of
Orneta,
Poland).
•
Joe
Solecki
(11-2,
fighting
out
of
Wilmington,
N.C.)
takes
on
Jared
Gordon
(17-4,
fighting
out
of
Queens,
N.Y.)
at
lightweight.
•
Antonina
Shevchenko
(9-3,
fighting
out
of
Bishkek,
Kyrgyzstan)
aims
to
hand
Casey
O’Neill
(7-0,
fighting
out
of
Gold
Coast,
Australia)
her
first
loss
in
a
women’s
flyweight
bout.
•
Former
women’s
bantamweight
title
challenger
Bethe
Correia
(11-5-1,
fighting
out
of
Campina
Grande,
Paraiba,
Brazil)
clashes
with
Karol
Rosa
(14-3,
fighting
out
of
Niteroi,
Rio
de
Janeiro,
Brazil).
•
Devonte
Smith
(11-2,
fighting
out
of
Cleveland,
Ohio
by
way
of
Englewood,
Colo.)
squares
off
with
Jamie
Mullarkey
(13-4,
fighting
out
of
Central
Coast,
Australia)
at
lightweight.
•
Douglas
Silva
de
Andrade
(26-4
1NC,
fighting
out
of
Castanhal,
Para,
Brazil)
returns
to
bantamweight
against
Gaetano
Pirrello
(15-6-1,
fighting
out
of
La
Louvière,
Belgium).
•
Stephanie
Egger
(5-2,
fighting
out
of
St.
Gallen,
Switzerland)
faces
Shanna
Young
(8-4,
fighting
out
of
Knoxville,
Tenn.)
in
a
women’s
bantamweight
bout.
•
Alejandro
Perez
(22-8-1,
fighting
out
of
San
Jose,
Calif.)
locks
horns
with
Johnny
Eduardo
(28-12,
fighting
out
of
Rio
de
Janeiro,
Brazil)
in
an
exciting
bantamweight
bout.
UFC
Fight
Night:
Santos
vs
Walker
will
take
place
Saturday,
October
2
from
UFC
APEX
in
Las
Vegas.
All
bouts
will
stream
on
ESPN+,
with
the
prelims
beginning
at
1
p.m.
PT/
4
p.m.
ET
and
the
main
card
at
4
p.m.
PT/
7
p.m.
ET.
Source:
Press
Release
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