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Recent Examples of middleweight
The Brazilian captured kickboxing world titles at middleweight and light heavyweight with GLORY Kickboxing, then switched to MMA and won UFC championships at middleweight and light heavyweight to become a two-sport, two-division world champion.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Pereira captured the middleweight and light heavyweight kickboxing world titles in GLORY before transitioning his skills to the cage and switching sports to mixed martial arts.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Since then, Du Plessis is 1-0 with an August 2024 submission win over former UFC middleweight champ Israel Adesanya.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The middleweight was hit hard by the virus, leading to multiple hospitalizations and nearly quitting the fighting game.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Pereira captured the middleweight and light heavyweight kickboxing world titles in GLORY before transitioning his skills to the cage and switching sports to mixed martial arts.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Since then, Du Plessis is 1-0 with an August 2024 submission win over former UFC middleweight champ Israel Adesanya.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
The middleweight was hit hard by the virus, leading to multiple hospitalizations and nearly quitting the fighting game.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for middleweight
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Sean Brady silenced The O2 Arena by submitting former UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards in the fourth round at UFC London to put himself front and center in the 170-pound championship picture.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
23 Mar. 2025
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Sean Brady silenced all but the biggest naysayers on Saturday, defeating former UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards in the main event of UFC London.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Another change is that eight weight divisions are competing rather than six: heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight bantamweight, and women's flyweight.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Shevchenko won that bantamweight fight by split decision.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Another change is that eight weight divisions are competing rather than six: heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight bantamweight, and women's flyweight.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Weili would like to move up to flyweight to challenge the winner of the upcoming championship fight between titleholder Valentina Shevchenko and Manon Fiorot on May 10 at UFC 315 in Montreal.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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The 145-pound scrap will crown the next UFC featherweight champion.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Boxing update San Diego featherweight Julius Ballo, a former national Golden Gloves champion, withdrew from Saturday’s fight card at Sycuan Casino due to a hand injury.—
Ivan Carter,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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Keep reading to find more great lightweight, cooling comforters and quilts below—all on sale.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Mar. 2025
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The Bangles were dismissed as lightweights While poring over old newspaper and magazine stories about the band, Bickerdike was struck by the rampant sexism applied to The Bangles, now shrugged off as a product of the era.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2025
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The former undisputed cruiserweight champion weighed 223 pounds for the first fight.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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At cruiserweight, the underrated Gilberto Ramirez jumped from fourth to second after his beatdown of Chris Billam-Smith in November.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
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Blachowicz won the vacant UFC light heavyweight title in September 2020 with a TKO victory over Dominick Reyes.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Blachowicz is the No. 3 fighter in the official UFC light heavyweight rankings.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Middleweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/middleweight. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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