The best and worst from UFC 240: Holloway vs. Edgar

#3 Best: Flyweight is back with a bang

Flyweights Deiveson Figueiredo and Alexandre Pantoja put on the Fight of the Night

After all the commotion at the start of 2019 that suggested the UFC was ready to can the Flyweight division altogether, things seem to have swung the other way recently. Some of the released talent – Brandon Moreno, for instance – has been re-signed and the UFC suddenly seems more willing to shine a light on the men’s 125lbs division again.

Last night’s prelim fight between Deiveson Figueiredo and Alexandre Pantoja showed exactly why that’s a great move by the promotion. I felt the fight was clearly the best of the entire card, with both men leaving everything in the cage and putting on some exciting sequences both on the ground and on the feet. In the end, Figueiredo got his hand raised, but Pantoja hung tough and both men likely have bright futures ahead of them.

With other exciting talents like Jussier Formiga, Joseph Benavidez and Kai Kara-France still kicking around, hopefully the Flyweight division can grow past its recent problems. If champ Henry Cejudo is willing to defend his belt at 125lbs that’d make things even better. Fingers crossed it happens – and the UFC can then expand the Flyweight roster past the current 13 fighters they have under contract.