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Fresh off his shocking upset of Malcolm Wellmaker at UFC 322 this past November, Ethyn Ewing (9-2) will be returning to action on April 4 at the Apex in Las Vegas as part of UFC Fight Night 272. He will be relocating to his standard weight class of bantamweight, where he will be met by ex-flyweight Rafael Estevam (14-0) who is moving up to greet him. News was first reported on Wednesday night by Ewing on his Instagram.
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“The Professor Finesser” established himself as one to watch when he outworked highly touted prospect Wellmaker in a short-notice effort. Ahead of that pairing, Wellmaker closed as high as a -500 favorite, and Ewing put the screws to him across three tough, thrilling rounds. In the process, Ewing handed “The Machine” his first career defeat, halting several streaks for Wellmaker including a four-fight stretch of knockout victories.
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After working his way up to Dana White’s Contender Series by crushing through the Shooto Brasil circuit, former flyweight Estevam picked up a contract in 2022 by wrecking Joao Elias in two rounds. While he has rattled off three decision wins in the Octagon thus far, two of them came after he missed substantially missed weight by a few pounds each time. This has prompted his relocation to 135 pounds, a division he had competed at in the past.
UFC Fight Night 272 currently has 11 bouts scheduled for its billing, but no headliner is currently official. Likely serving high on the main card include a strawweight clash pitting Virna Jandiroba against Tabatha Ricci, but it is not slated to be this event’s main attraction. Other matches on the books include a middleweight melee as Edmen Shahbazyan takes on Jun Yong Park as well as a lightweight affair when Tofiq Musayev fights Samuel Sanches. Jandiroba and Ricci serve as the lone two athletes currently set for the Fight Night that are ranked by the promotion.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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