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Making the Grade: UFC 255 edition

A pair of title fights highlighted UFC 255 on Saturday night as Deiveson Figueiredo defended his flyweight championship with a first-round submission against Alex Perez, while Valentina Shevchenko remained the queen at 125 pounds with her unanimous decision win over Jennifer Maia.

The second-to-last UFC pay-per-view in 2020 wasn’t big on star power and the main card didn’t exactly deliver on jaw-dropping action but there were still a couple of standout performances.

Figueiredo appears to be just what the flyweight division needed after the UFC nearly scrapped the entire weight class a few years ago.