The UFC returned to Virginia for the fifth time in company history on Saturday with UFC on ESPN+ 27, which went down at Chartway Arena in Norfolk and streamed on ESPN+. A new flyweight champion should’ve been crowned in the main event. However, despite knocking out Joseph Benavidez (28-6 MMA, 15-4 UFC) in the second round of the headliner, Deiveson Figueiredo (18-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) was ineligible to take home the gold because he missed weight
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