On Dec. 20, Brazil will make mixed martial arts history when the country hosts what's being billed as the first-ever match between a man and a woman since the sport adopted the Unified Rules. Emerson Falcao (0-1) is set to take on Juliana Velasquez (0-0) at Rio de Janeiro's Shooto 45 in a three-round bantamweight fight (the MMA weight class tops out at 135 pounds), according to MMAFighting.com. Last April, Falcao, who is about an inch taller than Velasquez, made his MMA debut but suffered a firs...
On Dec. 20, Brazil will make mixed martial arts history when the country hosts what's being billed as the first-ever match between a man and a woman since the sport adopted the Unified Rules. Emerson Falcao (0-1) is set to take on Juliana Velasquez (0-0) at Rio de Janeiro's Shooto 45 in a three-round bantamweight fight (the MMA weight class tops out at 135 pounds), according to MMAFighting.com. Last April, Falcao, who is about an inch taller than Velasquez, made his MMA debut but suffered a firs...
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