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Yan Xiaonan gets a huge opportunity to bounce back in front of her home crowd when she faces Denise Gomes in the co-main event at UFC Shanghai on August 29. Yan's coming off a tough loss to Virna Jandiroba at UFC 314 in April, but before that she was on a nice run, including that nasty first round knockout of Jessica Andrade back at UFC 288. Now she's got the spotlight in China and needs to remind everyone why she was fighting for the title at UFC 300. Gomes is riding serious momentum right now. She's won four straight in the UFC, most recently beating Tecia Pennington in November.
- Yan looks to rebound in front of home crowd after Jandiroba loss
- Gomes riding four fight win streak into biggest test yet
- High level striking battle between two orthodox pressure fighters
Expect the heat to turn up in round two when both women settle in and start letting their hands go with bad intentions.
Before that, she finished Elise Reed with punches in the clinch and outworked both Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Eduarda Moura on the scorecards. The Brazilian's been grinding through solid competition and earning every bit of respect along the way. This is a classic striker versus striker battle. Yan showed at UFC 300 against Zhang Weili that she can hang with the absolute best, landing 73 strikes at 63% accuracy even in a title fight loss. She's got clean boxing and knows how to control range.
Gomes threw 203 strikes in her fight with Angela Hill, showing she's got the volume and cardio to push a pace for three rounds. Both women are orthodox, both love to stand and trade. The stakes are clear. Yan needs this win to stay relevant in the title picture, and Gomes is trying to crack into that top ten with a statement performance against a former title challenger.
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Yan Xiaonan gets a huge opportunity to bounce back in front of her home crowd when she faces Denise Gomes in the co-main event at UFC Shanghai on August 29. Yan's coming off a tough loss to Virna Jandiroba at UFC 314 in April, but before that she was on a nice run, including that nasty first round knockout of Jessica Andrade back at UFC 288. Now she's got the spotlight in China and needs to remind everyone why she was fighting for the title at UFC 300. Gomes is riding serious momentum right now. She's won four straight in the UFC, most recently beating Tecia Pennington in November.
- Yan looks to rebound in front of home crowd after Jandiroba loss
- Gomes riding four fight win streak into biggest test yet
- High level striking battle between two orthodox pressure fighters
Expect the heat to turn up in round two when both women settle in and start letting their hands go with bad intentions.
Before that, she finished Elise Reed with punches in the clinch and outworked both Karolina Kowalkiewicz and Eduarda Moura on the scorecards. The Brazilian's been grinding through solid competition and earning every bit of respect along the way. This is a classic striker versus striker battle. Yan showed at UFC 300 against Zhang Weili that she can hang with the absolute best, landing 73 strikes at 63% accuracy even in a title fight loss. She's got clean boxing and knows how to control range.
Gomes threw 203 strikes in her fight with Angela Hill, showing she's got the volume and cardio to push a pace for three rounds. Both women are orthodox, both love to stand and trade. The stakes are clear. Yan needs this win to stay relevant in the title picture, and Gomes is trying to crack into that top ten with a statement performance against a former title challenger.
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