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UFC Vegas 27 Results: Carla Esparza TKO’s Yan Xiaonan (Video)
Tonight’s UFC Vegas 27 event is co-headlined by a key women’s strawweight matchup between top division contenders Carla Esparza and Yan Xiaonan. Esparza (18-6 MMA) will enter tonight’s contest sporting a four-fight winning streak, her latest being a split-decision victory over Marina Rodriguez. The former strawweight champion has gone 7-3 overall since losing her title […]
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Carla Esparza wants rematch with Rose Namajunas with win over Yan Xiaonan at UFC Vegas 27
UFC women’s strawweight contender Carla Esparza wants a rematch with champion Rose Namajunas with a win over Yan Xiaonan at UFC Vegas 27. Esparza meets Xiaonan in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 27 this Saturday night. Esparza is the No. 4 ranked women’s strawweight while Xiaonan is ranked No. 3, so the winner of […]
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UFC 261 in the works for Vegas after Singapore negotiations fail, strawweight title fight targeted
Rampant speculation has surrounded UFC 261 and its location. Now, it appears things will stay in Vegas with a pair of pivotal strawweight bouts. Combate reported on Thursday that the April 24 UFC pay-per-view event will no longer be at what was initially reported as Singapore. Instead, the promotion will stick with keeping things stateside […]
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk reacts to potential Carla Esparza title shot: “Rose is next”
UFC women’s strawweight contender Joanna Jedrzejczyk reacted to the potential of Carla Esparza getting a title shot, saying “Rose is next.” We all thought the plan was for UFC women’s strawweight champion Weili Zhang to fight Rose Namajunas next, but UFC president Dana White recently got into a public disagreement with Team Namajunas about her […]
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Carla Esparza wants the next title shot against Weili Zhang: “I am ready for that fight”
Former UFC women’s strawweight champion Carla Esparza admitted that she’s interested in fighting current champ Weili Zhang for the belt. Esparza is coming off of four straight wins over Marina Rodriguez, Michelle Waterson, Alexa Grasso, and Virna Jandiroba. She is 8-4 overall in the UFC and is a former TUF winner and was the first-ever […]
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Carla Esparza tells Claudia Gadelha to “leave the grease at home” for potential rematch
UFC women’s strawweight contender Carla Esparza told Claudia Gadelha to “leave the grease at home” for a potential rematch between the two rivals. Esparza and Gadelha previously fought at UFC 225 in June 2018, with Gadelha winning a tight split decision in a fight that many believe Esparza deserved to win. Following the fight, Esparza […]
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Michelle Waterson issues statement after controversial loss to Carla Esparza
Former Invicta atomweight champion Michelle Waterson has issued a statement after her controversial decision loss to former UFC strawweight champ Carla Esparza at UFC 249. Waterson and Esparza battled for 15 minutes on the UFC 249 undercard. While Esparza was awarded a decision win, many fans felt the judges got the verdict wrong. Waterson, who […]
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Michelle Waterson plans on knocking out Carla Esparza to put her in talks to fight for belt
Michelle Waterson believes her UFC 249 fight against former champion Carla Esparza has title implications on the line. Waterson will make her return to the Octagon after a decision loss to Joanna Jedrzejczyk back at UFC Tampa last October. She says she learned a lot about herself in that fight and says it proves she […]
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The MMA community had some fun with April Fools Day
The world of mixed martial arts came together yesterday for a series of entertaining April Fools Day surprises. It’s safe to say that 2020 isn’t quite going as many had anticipated it would through the first few months of the year, and that goes both for MMA and the wider spectrum of society. Alas, while […]
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Carla Esparza says fans showered her with beer at UFC Mexico City
UFC women’s strawweight Carla Esparza says that fans showered her with beer following her majority decision win over Alexa Grasso at UFC Mexico City. MMAjunkie.com’s John Morgan tweeted out the unfortunate news after the event. Here’s what he said. Carla Esparza just told us backstage someone poured a beer on her when she was walking […]
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UFC Mexico City bonuses: Carla Esparza, Alexa Grasso win “Fight of the Night”
The UFC has announced the post-fight bonus award winners for the Mexico City card, and a pair of women’s strawweights won “Fight of the Night.” The UFC announced after the event that Carla Esparza and Alexa Grasso won $50,000 each for “Fight of the Night” for their back-and-forth co-main event fight, which Esparza ended up […]
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Pros react to Carla Esparza defeating Alexa Grasso at UFC Mexico
A key women’s strawweight bout featuring former division champion Carla Esparza taking on Alexa Grasso co-headlined tonight’s UFC Mexico event. Esparza (14-6) entered the event looking to build off the momentum of her unanimous decision victory over Virna Jandiroba from back in April. As for Alexa Grasso, the Mexican native was coming off a unanimous […]
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UFC Mexico Results: Carla Esparza defeats Alexa Grasso (Highlights)
A key women’s strawweight bout featuring former division champion Carla Esparza taking on Alexa Grasso co-headlines tonight’s UFC Mexico event. Esparza (14-6) will be looking to build off the momentum of her unanimous decision victory over Virna Jandiroba from back in April. ‘The Cookie Monster’ has gone 4-3 since surrendering her title to Joanna Jędrzejczyk […]
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Carla Esparza targeting rematch with Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Carla Esparza got the job done at UFC Fort Lauderdale over the weekend, defeating former Invicta champ Virna Jandiroba by unanimous decision. For the former UFC strawweight champ, the pressure was on heading into this fight, as another loss would have equated to a three-fight skid. “When I was in the locker room, like … […]
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Carla Esparza calls for UFC to create atomweight division, ‘it needs to be brought in!’
The UFC is currently home to 12 different weight classes. Four of which belong to the female competitors. That’s also four more than was ever expected 10 years ago. In the UFC, the lowest division for the men is 125-pounds with the flyweight division. For the women, it’s 115-pounds with strawweight. There is a men’s […]
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UFC 228 Results: Tatiana Suarez dominates Carla Esparza (VIDEO)
A key women’s strawweight contest served as the featured bout of tonight’s UFC 228 prelims as former division champion Carla Esparza took on surging contender Tatiana Suarez. Carla Esparza enters tonight’s fight with Suarez on the heels of a controversial split-decision loss to Claudia Gadelha which took place at June’s UFC 225 event in Chicago. […]
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Report | Carla Esparza to take on Tatiana Suarez at UFC 228
UFC 228 is pretty behind on getting itself put together. But in the coming weeks we’ll surely get some more clarity and today we start with the 115ers. Already in the works for the UFC’s return to Dallas, Texas is a strawweight battle between two of the division’s very best in Jessica Andrade and Karolina […]
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Claudia Gadelha fires back at Carla Esparza after greasing allegations
Last weekend, on the undercard of the stacked UFC 225, former strawweight champion Carla Esparza gave up a close decision to perennial strawweight contender Claudia Gadelha. Shortly thereafter, she accused Gadelha of cheating, sharing her belief that the Brazilian was greasing on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. “She cheated in the fight; she greased […]
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Along with Colby Covington, Carla Esparza believes her UFC 225 opponent cheated
It would seem that new UFC interim welterweight champion, Colby Covington isn’t the only one claiming that their UFC 225 opponent used some illegal tactics mid-fight this past Saturday night. Having fought in the second bout of the televised portion of the UFC 225 prelims, former UFC strawweight champion, Carla Esparza, like Covington also believes […]
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UFC 225 Results: Claudia Gadelha defeats Carla Esparza (Highlights)
A pivitol women’s strawweight fight between former title challenger Claudia Gadelha and former division champion Carla Esparza took place during tonight’s UFC 225 prelims from Chicago. Claudia Gadelha entered tonight’s contest with a 15-3 record while her opponent Carla Esparza sported a record of 13-4 overall. Round one begins and Carla fires off a low […]
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Carla Esparza on Claudia Gadelha: “if we didn’t have USADA in the picture, I’d call roid rage.”
The strawweight division’s oldest matchup is finally set to take place again. Former UFC and Invicta FC champion, Carla Esparza and former title challenger, Claudia Gadelha will get another chance at getting to hurt each other. The two are set to due battle at UFC 225 in Chicago, Illinois. But as history shows…this isn’t the […]
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Claudia Gadelha Returns at UFC 225 to Take on a Former UFC Champion and Invicta Foe
One of the oldest matchups, if not the oldest matchup in the strawweight division’s history is set to take place and hopefully happen this time. The UFC announced on Wednesday that the perennial top five strawweight contender and former title challenger, Claudia Gadelha is expected to make her return at UFC 225 when she takes on […]
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UFC 219 Results: Carla Esparza defeats Cynthia Calvillo (Highlights)
A key women’s strawweight scrap between surging contender Cynthia Calvillo and former champion Carla Esparza took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC 219 event in Las Vegas. Round one begins and Esparza rushes in and lands a nice right hand over the top. Both women are swinging wildly early on here. Both ladies […]
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VIDEO | Former UFC champ Carla Esparza punches a guy because he asked her to
https://twitter.com/carlaesparza1/status/855653344886444034 Generally speaking, getting punched in the face by a UFC fighter is something most people try to avoid doing. Even UFC fighters do their best to avoid being punched by other UFC fighters. That’s how you avoid getting knocked out. Apparently, however, there are people out there who find the idea of getting punched […]
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Carla Esparza releases statement on controversial loss to Randa Markos
On Sunday night, the UFC returned to Halifax, Nova Scotia with UFC Fight Night 105. On the evening’s undercard, former strawweight queen Carla Esparza returned from a lengthy layoff against Canada’s own Randa Markos. Though Esparza succeeded on four takedown attempts, and threatened with a submission in the second round, the judges ultimately awarded her […]
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Beef! Claudia Gadelha and Carla Esparza bash each other on social media
It’s no secret that former strawweight champion Carla Esparza and former strawweight title challenger Claudia Gadelha aren’t big fans of one another. Having been scheduled to fight to no avail several times in the past, the two talented fighters have plenty of unfinished business, and probably won’t stop beefing till they get their hands on […]
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Tito Ortiz offers to help Carla Esparza keep her TUF motorcycle
Earlier this week, unfortunate news surfaced that former UFC women’s strawweight champion Carla Esparza was looking to sell the Harley Davidson motorcycle she won on The Ultimate Fighter season 20, which also saw her crowned as the first ever UFC women’s strawweight championship. Esparza took to Instagram to explain the situation: If anyone is interested, […]
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Former UFC champion Carla Esparza forced to sell her TUF Harley-Davidson motorcycle with financial struggles
The first-ever women’s UFC and Invicta strawweight champion, Carla Esparza is facing some tough times. Since losing the UFC strawweight title to current champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 185 back in March of 2015, Esparza has fought just once in the Octagon, picking up a unanimous decision win over Julianna Lima. The current #3 UFC […]