Casting A Spotlight On Three Ascending Talents Slated To Compete At The O2 This Weekend
On the first UFC card held in London, Ian Freeman and Mark Weir introduced themselves to the wider MMA audience by registering first-round stoppage wins over Frank Mir and Eugene Jackson, respectively.
More than a dozen years later, as the UFC readies to once again take over The O2 Arena in London, Freeman’s daughter Kennedy is one of the top rising stars in the sport, having captured the Cage Warriors bantamweight title in November, while Weir will be in the corner of his protege, Christian Leroy Duncan, on Saturday night.