Plus, in the co-feature undefeated Jose «The Sniper» Pedraza (19 - 0, 12 KOs) and Russia's Andrey Klimov (19 - 1, 9 KOs) battle it out for the vacant junior
lightweight championship title.
Conor was stripped of
his lightweight championship title this week, Dana White earlier announced that this weekend's headline bout between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Max Holloway at UFC 223 will be for McGregor's lightweight championship, with the Dubliner absent from mixed martial arts since his victory over Eddie Alvarez in November 2016.
Not exact matches
Arnold, a 15 - year - old student at Oakland Mills High, won the
lightweight title at the U.S. Judo Federation junior
championships in Muncie, Ind..
A triple - bill of knockout kings go into battle to secure their world
championship titles: Shawn «Showtime» Porter (24 -0-1, 15 KOs) defends his belt against unbeaten welterweight Kell Brook (32 - 0, 22 KOs); super middleweight Anthony «The Dog» Dirrell (26 -0-1, 22 KOs) goes after Sakio «The Scorpion» Bika (32 -5-2, 21 KOs) in hot pursuit of the crown; and Omar Figueroa (23 -0-1, 17 KOs) risks his
lightweight title for the second time against challenger Daniel «Tremendo» Estrada (32 -2-1, 24 KOs).
SYNOPSIS: At the peak of his career in the 80s, boxer Vinny «Paz» Pazienza had won the
lightweight world
championship, followed by the junior middleweight
title.