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With rumblings of potentially another title fight being added, it would just take UFC 233 to a whole new level of awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Check out how the card looks as of right now (not all bouts have been officially announced):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Flyweight &#8211; 125lbs: (C)Henry Cejudo vs (BW C)TJ Dillashaw<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Welterweight &#8211; 170lbs: Robbie Lawler vs Ben Askren<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bantamweight \u2013 135lbs:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dominick-cruz\/report-dominick-cruz-vs-john-lineker-targeted-for-ufc-233\/\">Dominick Cruz vs John Lineker<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lightweight \u2013 155lbs: James Vick vs Paul Felder<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Featherweight \u2013 145lbs: Kron Gracie vs Alex Caceres<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Flyweight: Joseph Benavidez vs Deiveson Figueiredo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bantamweight: Marion Reneau vs Yana Kunitskaya<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lightweight: Alexander Hernandez vs Francisco Trinaldo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Middleweight \u2013 185lbs: Markus Perez vs Anthony Hernandez<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Strawweight \u2013 115lbs: Alexandra Albu vs Emily Whitmire<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Strawweight: Cynthia Calvillo vs Cortney Casey<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 12\/4\/2018<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a briefly controversial moment in his last time out this past Friday, Joseph Benavidez (26-5) still found himself able to secure the win by first-round TKO over Alex Perez. 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