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Recent Examples of featherweight
His jaw-dropping victorious clash with Doo-Ho Choi was not only Fight of the Night at UFC 206, it was voted 2016’s Fight of the Year and propelled both featherweights into the UFC Hall of Fame.
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Brian Martin, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
Women’s world featherweight champion Shoko Nakajima currently sits on top of the division, but there are several others who are making waves and could certainly contend for the title in months and weeks to come.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
The pieces are destined for a cabinet that reads as featherweight—an effect that would be nearly impossible for Ursic to achieve in her own studio.
—Sarah Medford, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026
The other day, an observer decided to follow one of these parcels, chosen at random—a featherweight, toaster-size box from Sephora, addressed to 235 West Forty-eighth Street—and chart its journey.
—Henry Alford, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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Brian Martin, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
Women’s world featherweight champion Shoko Nakajima currently sits on top of the division, but there are several others who are making waves and could certainly contend for the title in months and weeks to come.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
The pieces are destined for a cabinet that reads as featherweight—an effect that would be nearly impossible for Ursic to achieve in her own studio.
—Sarah Medford, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026
The other day, an observer decided to follow one of these parcels, chosen at random—a featherweight, toaster-size box from Sephora, addressed to 235 West Forty-eighth Street—and chart its journey.
—Henry Alford, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for featherweight
Noun
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Yoon’s a lightweight, but his wife drinks like a pro.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Ilia Topuria, a Georgian-Spanish lightweight who’s ranked the second-best pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC, is scheduled to face American Justin Gaethje in the main event.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
9 June 2026
Noun
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Which heavyweights are looking good?—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
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My heavyweight struggled and was advised to move down to light heavyweight.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Strickland went 5-0 at middleweight before the UFC booked him against a rising Alex Pereira in July 2022.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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Last February, the Mexican super middleweight signed a four-fight deal with Riyadh Season that was widely reported to be worth $400 million.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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The two flyweights went to war in an effort to capture this season’s Ultimate Fighter crown.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Park previously had a fight scheduled on Aug. 9 against ex-world title challenger and No. 10 flyweight Steve Erceg.—
Aaron Tolentino,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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He is scheduled to do so July 11 in a welterweight bout against Max Holloway at UFC 329 in Las Vegas as the main event of International Fight Week.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Askren will face former UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad in a wrestling match at Real American Freestyle 11 on July 18, his 42nd birthday, in Milwaukee.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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Takuma Inoue currently holds the WBC bantamweight title, having beaten Tenshin Nasukawa and Kazuto Ioka, which makes a 118-pound unification with Rodriguez a cleaner near-term fight than chasing Naoya Inoue up at 122.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Freedom 250 is rounded out with names the UFC wants to become stars, like the bantamweight Sean O’Malley with his colorful hair and Bo Nickal, a former NCAA wrestling star who keeps getting ripe chances despite mixed results.—
Mark Puleo,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
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“Featherweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/featherweight. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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