How to Use bantamweight in a Sentence

bantamweight

noun

• Women's boxing will now include a new division for bantamweight at 119 pounds.
  — NBC News, 23 July 2024
• Lose and fall to the bottom of the bantamweight mountain.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2021
• Just the way the two-time bantamweight (135 pounds) champion likes it.
  — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022
• At the time, Rousey was the UFC's women's bantamweight champion and one of the biggest sports stars in the world.
  — Mma Junkie Staff, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2022
• The bantamweight title bout was part of the main card at T-Mobile Arena.
  — Nolan King, MMA Junkie, 15 Dec. 2019
• That bout marked his first foray into the bantamweight ranks.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• That was about the highlight of his bantamweight contender bout against Merab Dvalishvili, though.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022
• Nunes also holds the UFC’s bantamweight title but has not fought in the division since 2019.
  — Manouk Akopyan, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2021
• Lucie Pudilova beat Wu Yanan in the main card women’s bantamweight bout for her third straight win.
  — John Coon, ajc, 21 Aug. 2022
• Nunes, 34, was the UFC’s two-belt champion before she was knocked off her bantamweight throne.
  — Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 29 July 2022
• Dominick Cruz and Jose Aldo are finally in the same weight class at bantamweight.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 12 Apr. 2022
• But the crown jewel of his career may be his win over Demetrious Johnson at bantamweight.
  — cleveland, 8 July 2020
• Frankie Edgar will make his bantamweight debut against Pedro Munhoz.
  — cleveland, 8 Aug. 2020
• And, in a bantamweight title eliminator, Luis Nery weighed 119, a pound over the limit.
  — Joe Williams, Boxing Junkie, 22 Nov. 2019
• Below is an in-depth breakdown of the bantamweight title fight between Yan and Sterling.
  — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
• The last time Shevchenko tasted defeat was in a bantamweight title fight against current champ-champ Amanda Nunes.
  — Danny Segura, MMA Junkie, 9 Feb. 2020
• Departing alongside him was self-delusion that guys like me, nobody’s bantamweight, can’t run with the swift.
  — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2021
• Rodriguez never imagined his ninth pro fight as a bantamweight would be anything like this.
  — John Whisler, ExpressNews.com, 17 June 2020
• At the time, Rousey was still the undefeated UFC women's bantamweight champion and arguably one of the biggest stars in all of sports.
  — Nick Schwartz, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2017
• The event's main card will pit bantamweight fighter Henry Cejudo against Marlon Moraes.
  — Kaelen Jones, SI.com, 8 June 2019
• Ayala knocked off then-undefeated Tapia to win the WBA bantamweight title in 1999.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
• This is an important fight in the bantamweight division.
  — Todd Martin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2019
• Another must-see fight this weekend is Holly Holm challenging bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes, which could serve as the fight of the night.
  — Justin Barrasso, SI.com, 5 July 2019
• Castro is fighting a two-time world champion in two weight classes, Luis Nery, in a super bantamweight fight.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 5 Feb. 2022
• Atop the card is a super-bantamweight (122 pounds) world championship — the sort of thing that doesn’t normally take place in Philadelphia.
  — Don Steinberg, Philly.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• But such loans should be judicious, and serve shows more substantial than this bantamweight effort.
  — Roberta Smith, Martha Schwendener, Jason Farago and Will Heinrich, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2017
• Wineland is a former WEC bantamweight champion with good striking skills.
  — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 8 June 2019
• Nunes now has the most wins (10), stoppages (eight) and first-round finishes (seven) in the history of the women’s bantamweight division.
  — Arash Markazi, latimes.com, 6 July 2019
• So how does the joy of winning Celebrity Big Brother compare to winning the mixed martial ats bantamweight championship?
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2022
• The two bantamweights are coming off a stirring trilogy — all in a 10-month span — in which two of the three fights were declared a draw, with the other going to Franco by split decision.
  — ExpressNews.com, 27 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024