2, 2020 Amanda Nunes vs Felicia Spencer ET on ESPN+ pay-per-view. In fact, the 32-year-old has only been to the second round twice in his career, while neither of his first two UFC opponents have lasted more than four minutes in the Octagon with the powerful Contender Series alum.Clark will look to change all of those trends on Saturday when he steps in to take on the 9-0 hopeful.Two years Menifield’s junior, Clark has significantly more experience, both overall and inside the Octagon, than his opponent this weekend, entering this fight with a 5-4 record under the UFC banner and an 11-4 mark overall.
Preview the entire UFC 250 fight card with this edition of Fight by Fight By E. Spencer Kyte, on Twitter @SpencerKyte • Jun. • Jun. Unfortunately, it’s been downhill ever since, as the 36-year-old has since lost back-to-back appearances by TKO, first against British banger Darren Stewart, followed by a rapid loss to rising star Edmen Shahbazyan.Pitolo also broke through with a standout performance on the Contender Series, impressing Dana White & Co. with his first-round stoppage win over returning competitor Justin Sumter early last season. Now more than a year removed from his first-round loss to Pedro Munhoz at UFC 235, Saturday’s bout with Assuncao represents an opportunity for the Ohio native to end his tumble down the rankings and potentially begin another climb towards the division’s summit.With the bantamweight title now officially vacated, this already terrific matchup now takes on even greater significance as Aljamain Sterling and Cory Sandhagen throw down in what could turn out to be a bout to determine the first challenger for whomever ends up with the belt later this year.Tabbed as a future contender from the jump, Sterling’s road to this point hasn’t been straightforward, and he seems better for it.
Saturday night, Amanda Nunes seeks to make history by becoming the first fighter — male or female — to successfully defend UFC gold in two different weight classes while holding both belts simultaneously as she puts her featherweight title on the line against talented challenger Felicia Spencer.This is the first time “The Lioness” will defend the featherweight title she claimed in impressive fashion at UFC 232, but the seventh consecutive championship bout for the dominant two-weight world champion, who has sat atop the bantamweight ranks for nearly four years and successfully defended that belt on five occasions.For the 29-year-old Spencer, it’s a chance to shock the world by defeating arguably the greatest female fighter of all-time in just her fourth trip into the famed UFC Octagon.After capping her six-fight run under the Invicta FC banner by claiming the vacant featherweight title, Spencer graduated to the UFC and quickly established herself as a contender by submitting Megan Anderson in her promotional debut. More UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer News Main Card Amanda Nunes def. The Team Oyama product continues to get better each time out and is coming off arguably his best performance to date in January, where he collected a Performance of the Night bonus for his first-round submission win over Jordan Espinosa.With the title picture set to be cleared up later this summer, this bout will be crucial in helping to establish a queue of contenders as business in the 125-pound weight class ramps back up heading into the second half of the year.An undefeated light heavyweight upstart looking to continue his climb up the divisional ladder gets his toughest test to date in this one as Alonzo Menifield squares up with “Brown Bear” Devin Clark.A member of the Fortis MMA team that has been making waves over the last couple years, Menifield is an explosive finisher who has yet to go the distance in any of his nine professional appearances. Felicia Spencer via unanimous decision (50-44 x2, 50-45) The Montreal-born, Orlando-based fighter earned a tremendous amount of respect for going the distance with Cris Cyborg in her sophomore effort, and scored a one-sided, bounce-back win over Zarah Fairn earlier this year to cement her standing as the top contender in the 145-pound weight class.Will the Brazilian champion show once again why she is the queen of the jungle or will the unflinching challenger saunter into the Octagon and usher in a new era in the featherweight division?Bantamweight standouts looking to halt frustrating skids meet in this one as former champion Cody Garbrandt returns to take on Top 10 fixture Raphael Assuncao.Assuncao made his divisional debut on August 27, 2011 and has been a staple of the rankings ever since, boasting victories over Sterling, TJ Dillashaw, Pedro Munhoz, and Marlon Moraes, to name a few.
The former Shooto Brazil and Tachi Palace Fights standout has faced just about every contender to pass through the 125-pound ranks during that time, and though he’s currently on a two-fight slide, Formiga is also the only man to defeat championship hopeful Deiveson Figueiredo as well.A graduate from Season One of the Contender Series, Perez has quietly put together a 5-1 record inside the Octagon with stoppages in three of his five wins and his lone loss coming against title challenger and divisional stalwart Joseph Benavidez.
The UFC 250 main card will begin at 10:00 p.m. Now 25 years old, the breakout star from the first season of the Contender Series showed improved patience and precision in his win over “Teco” in March, stinging him with punches and kicks from the outside before a pair of right hands and a high kick opened the door for “Sugar” to collect the finish.There has been a great deal of hype surrounding O’Malley since his coming out party on the Contender Series and thus far, he’s justified it all.