Deiveson Figueiredo sees the writing on the wall, but he’s not willing to accept the end as inevitable. While flyweights continued to be ushered out of the UFC at an alarming rate, Figueiredo believes flyweight champ Henry Cejudo’s January win over T.J. Dillashaw – not to mention this week’s news that Dillashaw was flagged for an adverse finding in his pre-fight drug screen – proved that flyweight is a viable class and hopes UFC brass took notice. “Cejudo showed that we’re good fighters and that we flyweights always put on a show,” Figueiredo told MMA Junkie in his native Portuguese.
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