Megan Olivi was cageside to watch her husband Joseph Benavidez take on Deivedson Figueiredo for the UFC’s vacant flyweight title this evening in Virginia.<\/p>\n
The highly anticipated matchup served as the headliner of UFC Norfolk, but only Benavidez was eligible to take home the 125-pound strap, this after Figueiredo missed weight by 2.5lbs on Friday.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately for ‘Joe-Jitsu’, his third crack at UFC flyweight gold did not end up being the charm as he fell victim to a brutal second round finish<\/a>.<\/p>\n After a back and forth opening round, the flyweight standouts appeared to accidently clash heads early in round two. That collision caused a cut on the head of Joseph Benavidez and Deivedson Figueiredo was quick to capitalize. The Brazilian landed a straight right hand that sent ‘Joe-Jitsu’ crashing to the Octagon canvas. From there, Figueiredo would land a big hammer fist before the referee mercifully stepped in to call a stop to the action.<\/p>\n The official result was a second round TKO victory for Deivedson Figueiredo.<\/p>\n As seen below via RyanGill19 on Twitter<\/a>, Megan Olivi was featured on camera just as the fight ending sequence occurred.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanGill19\/status\/1233956835545079808<\/p>\n The loss snapped a three-fight winning streak for Joseph Benavidez, who called the loss a “nightmare” in his post-fight interview (see that here<\/a>).<\/p>\n Shortly following the conclusion of tonight’s UFC Norfolk event, Megan Olivi would take to Twitter where she shared the following tweet from Luke Thomas of Sirius XM Radio.<\/p>\n There aren't many good guys in MMA. Joseph Benavidez is one of them.<\/p>\n — Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) March 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n