: a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 112 pounds compare bantamweight
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Cejudo is the No. 7 fighter in the official UFC flyweight rankings, while Song checks in at No. 8 ahead of the UFC Seattle card.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
In women’s flyweight, the persistent Miranda Maverick pushed her way back into the Top 15 with a unanimous decision win over Jamey-Lyn Horth.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
That hasn't stopped his name from coming up, as current UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja called out Johnson following his win against former Rizin champion Kai Asakura.
—James Brizuela, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Muscles aching from the weight of each 55-pound projectile, the repetition, the heat, Fernandez lost track of himself, too busy to think, too scared to stop, not unlike his time in the ring up against any another flyweight.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
In women’s flyweight, the persistent Miranda Maverick pushed her way back into the Top 15 with a unanimous decision win over Jamey-Lyn Horth.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
That hasn't stopped his name from coming up, as current UFC flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja called out Johnson following his win against former Rizin champion Kai Asakura.
—James Brizuela, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Muscles aching from the weight of each 55-pound projectile, the repetition, the heat, Fernandez lost track of himself, too busy to think, too scared to stop, not unlike his time in the ring up against any another flyweight.
—Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Flyweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flyweight. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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flyweight
noun
fly·weight
-ˌwāt 
: a boxer in a weight division having an upper limit of 112 pounds
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