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Recent Examples of flyweight
Muscles aching from the weight of each 55-pound projectile, the repetition, the heat, Fernandez lost track of himself, too busy to think, too scared to stop, not unlike his time in the ring up against any another flyweight.
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Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Rising featherweight contender Lerone Murphy, lightweight superstar Paddy Pimblett, middleweight Christian Leroy Duncan, and women’s flyweight Molly McCann are all local fighters who could also be in action at the O2 Arena.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Figueiredo is undefeated since moving up from flyweight to 135 pounds.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
It's been an improbable, rocky journey from flyweight to middleweight to heavyweight.
—Matthew Self, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2024
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Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Rising featherweight contender Lerone Murphy, lightweight superstar Paddy Pimblett, middleweight Christian Leroy Duncan, and women’s flyweight Molly McCann are all local fighters who could also be in action at the O2 Arena.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
Figueiredo is undefeated since moving up from flyweight to 135 pounds.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
It's been an improbable, rocky journey from flyweight to middleweight to heavyweight.
—Matthew Self, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flyweight
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In the evening’s middleweight co-main event, Cody Brundage faces Julian Marquez.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The Brazilian captured kickboxing world titles at middleweight and light heavyweight with GLORY Kickboxing, then switched to MMA and won UFC championships at middleweight and light heavyweight to become a two-sport, two-division world champion.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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So far, the bantamweight, women's flyweight, welterweight, and featherweight rosters have been fully revealed.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Whittaker was asked by his co-host Jonny Roses who would win if Pantoja moved up in weight to challenge Merab for his bantamweight title.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Rodriguez dropped a title fight to then-UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski by TKO in July 2023.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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To add to the excitement, the organization has also dropped the full rosters of two of the weight classes: welterweight and featherweight.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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Super lightweight Alberto Puello vs Sandor Martin: WBC super lightweight title Yoenis Tellez vs Julian Williams: Super welterweight Davis Vs.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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So far, the bantamweight, women's flyweight, welterweight, and featherweight rosters have been fully revealed.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Also, Holloway is making his permanent move to lightweight, and this rematch could be a surprise hit for the UFC.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Most base layers will be in the 160-grams-per-square-meter (lightweight) to 260-gsm range (heavyweight or expedition weight).—
Scott Gilbertson,
WIRED,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Flyweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flyweight. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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